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What is the primary goal of High-Throughput Screening (HTS)?
What is the term used to describe a compound with desired activity in a compound screen?
What is the purpose of assay development in the drug discovery process?
What is the typical format used for conducting assays in High-Throughput Screening?
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What is the next step in the drug discovery process after target validation?
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What is the acronym for the regulatory body responsible for approving new drugs in the United States?
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What is the purpose of a focused-based screen in drug discovery?
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What is the main advantage of homogeneous assays?
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What is the main difference between heterogeneous and homogeneous assays?
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What is the limitation of biochemical assays?
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What is the purpose of enzymatic assays?
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What is the purpose of receptor binding assays?
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What is the definition of EC50 in saturation binding?
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What is the purpose of competition binding in biochemical assays?
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What is the purpose of using radioligands in receptor binding assays?
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What is the first step in signal transduction by a GPCR?
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What is the result of the G protein subunits detaching from the receptor?
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What is the purpose of using [35S]GTPγS in the binding assay?
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What is the consequence of the radiolabeled GTPγS binding to the Gα subunit?
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What does the level of radiolabeled GTPγS bound to the Gα subunit indicate?
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What is the consequence of agonist stimulation on guanine nucleotide exchange at G-proteins?
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What type of enzyme immunoassay is ELISA?
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What is the purpose of adding a substance containing the enzyme's substrate in an ELISA?
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What is the purpose of protein denaturation in Western blots?
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What is the function of the primary antibody in Western blots?
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What is the purpose of using a spectrometer in ELISA?
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What is the type of assay that uses antibodies directed against a protein to detect its presence in a sample?
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What is the purpose of the 125I-Tyr1 som-14 in the receptor binding experiment?
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What is the role of Gα in the signal transduction pathway?
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What is the purpose of the G protein assay in the biochemical assays?
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What is the outcome of the competition binding analysis?
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How were the CHO cells prepared for the receptor binding experiment?
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What was the outcome of the screening process?
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