Single cell measurement of telomerase expression and splicing using microfluidic emulsion cultures

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2015, Pages

  Novak, Richard ^a   Hart, Kristina ^a   Mathies, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; RNA; TELOMERASE RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROFLUIDICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; JURKAT CELL LINE; K562 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CURCUMIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; K562 CELLS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 84942243324     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv477     Document Type: Article

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