Here we describe an assay that employs the power of microinjection coupled with fluorescent in situ hybridization in order to accurately measure the nuclear export kinetics of mRNA in mammalian somatic cells.
Gueroussov, S., Tarnawsky, S. P., Cui, X. A., Mahadevan, K., Palazzo, A. F. Analysis of mRNA Nuclear Export Kinetics in Mammalian Cells by Microinjection. J. Vis. Exp. (46), e2387, doi:10.3791/2387 (2010).