Interrogating GTPase Effector Proteins: Screening GAPs and GEFs with the Transcreener® GDP Assay
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
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Using a Universal GMP Assay for PDE Research
Thursday, 28 January 2021
A universal GMP assay to aid in PDE research and potential COVID-19 disruption. – Phosphodiesterase enzymes (PDEs) modulate pathways throughout the body. Since unregulated PDEs contribute to disease in many cases, it makes sense therapies that inhibit these enzymes have the potential to treat several different ailments. These include cardiovascular and respiratory issues, diabetes, fibrotic
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Fluorescence Polarization Assays for Drug Discovery
Friday, 06 March 2020
Fluorescence polarization assays (FP assays) are used in a variety of ways. From uncovering molecules in solution, to monitoring drug levels in clinical settings, and are enabling in drug discovery. These binding assays have been used to gain knowledge of molecular interactions, enzymatic activity, and nucleic acid hybridization. Moreover, scientists use FP to study small
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TR-FRET Assays In Drug Discovery
Thursday, 06 February 2020
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) technology and TR-FRET assays are used in laboratories globally for a variety of applications ranging from disease detection, to drug discovery, to monitoring genetic differences between individuals and populations. The brilliance of this technology is due to the sensitivity provided by the spectral overlap and the proximity of the acceptor
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Posters Presented at SLAS 2018
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Thanks to all who stopped by the booth at SLAS 2018! We appreciate the great conversation and look forward to continued discussion. Its great to hear the success stories of current Transcreener users, and to meet a new group of individuals who are searching for an HTS assay for their challenging target. For those of
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A Novel Approach Discovers Hundreds of Cancer-Relevant Arginine Methylation Sites for CARM1
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Protein arginine methylation is an important post-translational modification, but its impact remains rather mysterious. Approximately 7% of all arginine residues in the human proteome are modified by mono- or di-methylation (which is a similar order of magnitude to the 9% of serine residues that are phosphorylated and the 7% of lysine residues that are ubiquitinated).¹
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Doubling the Odds: Two-Pronged Strategy to Halt Cancer Cell Proliferation
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
It would be difficult to underestimate the importance of polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) for cancer, given its influence on cell division. As one of five members of the Polo-like family of serine/threonine protein kinases in eukaryotic cells, Plk1 plays a multifaceted role in the cell cycle and thus controls cancer progression fueled by unchecked cell
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Taking Up Residence: Using the Transcreener ADP Assay to Measure the Kinetics of Kinase Inhibitor Interactions
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Classically speaking, assays for interactions between drug molecules and their targets have measured binding affinity under equilibrium conditions. In drug discovery projects, it had long been assumed that carefully measuring IC50 (half-maximal inhibitory concentration), EC50 (effector concentration for half-maximal response), Kd (equilibrium dissociation constant), and/or Ki (inhibition constant) would allow drug candidates to be prioritized
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BellBrook Labs Launches Ultra-Sensitive Methyltransferase Assay to Accelerate Epigenetic Drug Discovery
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Methyltransferases have become a major focus of drug discovery for cancer and other diseases driven by epigenetic factors. BellBrook Labs’ new, ultra-sensitive AptaFluor™ SAH Methyltransferase Assay eliminates cost and sensitivity barriers that are slowing the discovery of methyltransferase inhibitors. New AptaFluor SAH Methyltransferase Assay Schematic BellBrook Labs announces the launch of their latest drug discovery
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On Demand Webinar: Development of Ectonucleotidase Assay Methods Using the Transcreener® HTS Assay Platform
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
View the Webinar On Demand at Anytime Ectonucleotidases are plasma membrane-bound enzymes with externally oriented active sites that metabolize nucleotides to nucleosides. One example is ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1, also known as CD39, ENTPD1, or NTPDase1. CD39 hydrolyzes ATP and ADP to AMP. Other ectonucleotidases such as CD73 process the AMP further into adenosine, which is
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