Small RNA detection by in situ hybridization methods

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 13259-13286

  Urbanek, Martyna O ^a   Nawrocka, Anna U ^a   Krzyzosiak, Wlodzimierz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enzyme labeled fluorescence signal amplification; LNA probe; Padlock probes; Piwi interacting RNA; PLA; Rolling circle amplification; Short interfering RNA; TIRCA; Tyramide signal amplification

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; MICRORNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICRORNAS; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84931288000     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160613259     Document Type: Review

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