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Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay

Known as: Mobility Shift Assay, Gel Shift Assay, Technique, EMSA Electrophoretic 
A molecular biology technique used to detect the interaction of a DNA binding protein with its cognate binding sequence. Labeled DNAs were reacted… 
National Institutes of Health

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2009
2009
Electrophoretic mobility shift assays for the analysis of DNA-protein interactions.
Electromobility shift assay is a simple, efficient, and rapid method for the study of specific DNA-protein interactions. It… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
The potential of electrophoretic mobility shift assays for clinical mutation detection
As the understanding of the links between genetic mutations and diseases continues to grow, there is an increasing need for… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
STAT3, but not ERKs, mediates the IL-6-induced proliferation of renal cancer cells, ACHN and 769P.
BACKGROUND Although interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been suggested to function as an autocrine growth factor in renal cell carcinoma… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Assay for redox-sensitive transcription factor.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The mosquito ultraspiracle homologue, a partner of ecdysteroid receptor heterodimer: cloning and characterization of isoforms expressed during vitellogenesis
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Specific binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag polyprotein and nucleocapsid protein to viral RNAs detected by RNA mobility shift assays
Packaging of retroviral genomic RNA during virion assembly is thought to be mediated by specific interactions between the gag… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Separation of the complex DNA binding domain of EBNA-1 into DNA recognition and dimerization subdomains of novel structure
EBNA-1 is essential for replication of the latent episomal form of the Epstein-Barr virus genome and is involved in regulation of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Transcription factors nuclear factor I and Sp1 interact with the murine collagen alpha 1 (I) promoter
The collagen alpha 1(I) promoter, which is efficiently transcribed in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, contains four binding sites for trans… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A cis-acting element present in multiple genes serves as a repressor protein binding site for the yeast CAR1 gene
Induction of the arginase (CAR1) gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has previously been shown to require participation… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The yeast transcription activator PRTF, a homolog of the mammalian serum response factor, is encoded by the MCM1 gene.
Two proteins, alpha 1 and pheromone/receptor transcription factor (PRTF), bind cooperatively to the upstream activation sequences… 
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