Single molecule approaches for quantifying transcription and degradation rates in intact mammalian tissues

Methods

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-142

  Bahar Halpern, Keren ^a   Itzkovitz, Shalev ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Single molecule; Systems biology; Transcription

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; RNA STABILITY; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE SYNTHASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ANIMALS; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ATP CITRATE (PRO-S)-LYASE; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EXONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR PROBES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84961827520     PISSN: 10462023     EISSN: 10959130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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