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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Eric Lader, Boyds, MD (US);
Inventor:
Eric Lader, Boyds, MD (US);
Assignee:
Qiagen Sciences, Inc., Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention pertains to a method for performing an expression modulating analysis or assay, wherein an apoptosis inducing expression modulating compound targeting a repetitive element present in the untranslated region, in particular the 3' UTRs of protein coding gene transcripts is introduced into cells to induce apoptosis in the cells as a positive control. Also provided are suitable kits and compositions.