Carnegie Mellon scientists develop tool that uses MRI to visualize gene expression in living animals
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...ce, then immediately injected an easily measurable reporter gene into the vein in their tails. The reporter gene in this study--a fluorescent-green protein found in deep-sea invertebrates--was visible in all ...Novel live reporting system to track cells
...ons occur. Prof. Neeman: "The use of ferritin as a reporter gene would be particularly beneficial in those cases where administration of contrast material is compromised by barriers, including embryonic development and the central nervous system." ...Fluorescing lab worms signal longer life spans
...dy indicated the brightness level triggered by the reporter protein could predict up to a four-fold variation in the life expectancy of a worm. In a typical experiment, the brightest worms had life expectancies of about 16 days, compared to about three days for those with the lowest expressed levels of fluore......ors it to a zone on a strip of membrane, while the reporter probe, which has a dye attached to it, sticks to a...anchors itself to a strip on a membrane. Since the reporter probe with a red dye is also attached to the rRNA molecule, as the material collects on a zone on th...NOVOstar Microplate Reader from BMG LABTECH
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...n to be a valuable technique in the development of reporter gene assays in which the luciferase is used as an indicator for the transcription of other genes. The choice of the luciferase enzyme is due to advantages such as high sensitivity and relatively simple measurement. With traditional assay systems , si...jetSI-ENDO from Polyplus Transfection
...on of 20 to 100 nM of siRNA in a stably expressing reporter gene cell line, A549Luc....ApopTag Fluorescein In Situ Apoptosis Detection Kit from CHEMICON
...genin antibody that is conjugated to a Fluorescein reporter molecule. It provides indirect immunofluorescence staining for 40 samples. Results are analyzed using either flow cytometry or fluorescence microscopy.......ansfection experiments, measuring the reduction in reporter (firefly Luciferase from Photinus pyralis) gene expression....New Mammalian Two-Hybrid System Detects Protein-Protein Interactions
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...riptional activator GAL4 6,7 ; the pFR-Luc reporter plasmid for expression of the Photinus pyr... When a fusion trans-activator plasmid,the pFR-Luc reporter plasmid and a plasmid encoding an uncharacterized gene arecotransfected into mammalian cells, either......nalyzed for expression of their respective reporter genes. Cells transduced with AdCMV-GFP and Ad-CG (both harboring a GFP reporter gene) were visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Cells transduced with AdCMV-LacZ were stai...Versatile Vectors for Ponasterone A- Inducible Control of Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells
...we performed transient expression assays using the reporter pEGSH-luc in which the coding sequence for... into the MCS of pEGSH. In these experiments, reporter was cotransfected with various amounts of the pERV3 receptor vector, induced with murA, ......fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing viral reporter vector pFB-GFP (unpublished); titers were determined by fluorescence- activated cell sorting (FACS). ( Figure 3 ) and are calculated two ways. Titers calculated using percent-shifted values that are linear over two 10-...New Way to "See" Genes, Evaluate Effectiveness of Gene Therapies Discovered
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...ing a yeast-based steroid receptor-a-galactosidase reporter assay for the androgen receptor (AR), progesterone receptor (PR) or estrogen receptor (ER). Bioassays were performed to detect agonist activity by exposing yeast to CBZ or valproate or to detect antagonist activity by exposing yeast stimulated with...Asian Doctors Caught Issuing False Sick Notes
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...urate results when multiple probes (with different reporter dyes) are combined in a single tube. MicroAmp and ABI PRISM optical consumables are the only plastic consumables designed and optimized for sequence detection systems instrumentation. All consumable plastics are quality controlled to minimize fluore......urate results when multiple probes (with different reporter dyes) are combined in a single tube. MicroAmp and ABI PRISM optical consumables are the only plastic consumables designed and optimized for sequence detection systems instrumentation. All consumable plastics are quality controlled to minimize fluore......s ASR requires an instrument that can detect a FAM reporter dye like the Cepheid SmartCycler System. The Cepheid Analyte Specific Reagent* (ASR) program is comprised of a series of easy-to-use primer and probe sets in a convenient lyophilized bead format. Every ASR product is manufactured under cGMP for maxi...