title: Recent advances in transcription factor assays in vitro.
abstract: Transcription factors (TFs) play central roles in the regulation of gene expression through binding to specific DNA sequences, and may influence multiple transcription-associated cellular processes including cell development, differentiation, and growth. Alterations in TF levels may lead to a variety of human diseases. Consequently, rapid and sensitive detection of TFs is crucial to both biological research and clinical diagnostics. However, conventional methods for TF assays are usually laborious and time-consuming with poor sensitivity, and sometimes involve the radioactive materials. To overcome these limitations, some new approaches have been developed with a low detection limit, high specificity, high throughput, and low cost. In this paper, we review the recent advances in TF assays and highlight the emerging trends as well.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China. cyzhang@sdnu.edu.cn tangb@sdnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Chun-yang
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors