Methods library · Genes and genomes
Reporter gene assays
Also called luciferase, lacZ, enhancer bashing
Measuring what a stretch of DNA does to transcription by placing it in front of an easily measured reporter gene.
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A schematic drawn in code, narrated by an AI narrator voice (Gemini, Charon) reading narration written from the lesson's text. First made for the lesson Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Epigenetics.
Where it is taught
17 lessons use this method.
Cell Signaling
- Cytokine Receptors and JAK–STAT
- Wnt: β-Catenin and Planar Polarity
- Notch: Signaling by Contact and by Cutting
- Nuclear Receptors: Receptors That Are Transcription Factors
- Signaling to the Nucleus: CREB, AP-1 and Immediate Early Genes
- Stress Signals: p38 and JNK, p53, Unfolded Proteins and Oxidants
- The Shape of a Signal: Size, Duration, Frequency and Place