Identification of inhibitors of microRNA function from small molecule screens

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1095, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-156

  Connelly, Colleen M ^a   Deiters, Alexander ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell based assay; High throughput screen; Luciferase; MicroRNA; Small molecule inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 122 INHIBITOR; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICRORNAS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84934442683     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-703-7_12     Document Type: Article

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