Rapid synthesis and screening of chemically activated transcription factors with GFP-based reporters

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 81, 2013, Pages

  Scott McIsaac, R ^a,b   Oakes, Benjamin L ^a   Botstein, David ^a   Noyes, Marcus B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial transcription factors; Genetics; Issue 81; Synthetic biology; Transcription; Transcription factors; Zif268; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

ACT1 PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXIN 43; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 84888418933     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51153     Document Type: Article

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