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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 2, Pages 163-170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(00)00207-8
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fluorescence electrophoretic mobility shift assay; nuclear factor-kappa B; EcoRII; HeLa cells; Cy5 dye
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Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) or gel shift assay is one of the most powerful methods for studying protein-DNA interactions. Typically, P-32-labeled DNA probes containing the sequence bound by the protein of interest are used in EMSA (rEMSA). Although rEMSA is sensitive and practicable, it relies on the handling of hazardous radioisotopes, and does not easily allow quantification. We developed a non-radioactive procedure using fluorescence (Cyano dye Cy5) labeled oligodeoxynucleotide duplexes as specific probes (fEMSA) and an automatic DNA sequencer for analysis. Testing different DNA-binding proteins (restriction endonuclease Eco RII, transcription factor NF kappa B and it's subunit p50) the results in fEMSA and rEMSA are similar in regard to quality, reproducibility, and sensitivity. fEMSA allows a semiquantitative screening of large amounts of samples for specific DNA binding activities and is, therefore, a high throughput technology for semiquantitative analysis of DNA-protein interaction. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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