Labelling and imaging of single endogenous messenger RNA particles in vivo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 3695-3706

  Spille, Jan Hendrik ^a,b   Kubitscheck, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative imaging; RNA processing; Single particle tracking

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PARTICLE; NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR PORE; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84946076539     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.166728     Document Type: Article

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