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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2011

Measuring enzyme activity in single cells.

Michelle L Kovarik, Nancy L Allbritton

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michelle L KovarikDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Nancy L Allbritton

Funding

SEEDING POSTDOCTORAL INNOVATORS IN RESEARCH &EDUCATIONK12GM000678 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DONALD T LYSLE, Kathryn Joanna Reissner · 1999 to 2026
$30.9M
Multiplexed Measurement of Kinase Activity in Single Cancer CellsR01CA139599 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L. · 2009 to 2013
$2.7M
Protectides: A tool for drug target assays in myelomaR01EB011763 · NIBIB · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L. · 2010 to 2013
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS CA139599NCI NIH HHS R01 CA139599NIBIB NIH HHS EB11763NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB011763NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM000678NIGMS NIH HHS K12GM000678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seemingly identical cells can differ in their biochemical state, function and fate, and this variability plays an increasingly recognized role in organism-level outcomes. Cellular heterogeneity arises in part from variation in enzyme activity, which results from interplay between biological noise and multiple cellular processes. As a result, single-cell assays of enzyme activity, particularly those that measure product formation directly, are crucial. Recent innovations have yielded a range of techniques to obtain these data, including image-, flow- and separation-based assays. Research to date has focused on easy-to-measure glycosylases and clinically-relevant kinases. Expansion of these techniques to a wider range and larger number of enzymes will answer contemporary questions in proteomics and glycomics, specifically with respect to biological noise and cellular heterogeneity.

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CellsCytological TechniquesElectrophoresis, CapillaryEnzymesFlow CytometryMicroscopyEnzymes

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PMID21316781
PMCPMC3080453

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