Immunofluorescence protects RNA signals in simultaneous RNA-DNA FISH

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 46-55

  Lai, Lan Tian ^a   Lee, Pin Jie ^a   Zhang, Li Feng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Simultaneous RNA DNA FISH; Terra; X chromosome inactivation (XCI); Xist

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; TERRA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIST PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84872368009     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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