Sensitivity and applicability of different methods for detection of terminal transferase in leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1377-1382

  Sasaki, R ^a   Fukushima, M ^b   Miura, Y ^a   Chang, L M S ^c   Bollum, F J ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chemical Technology Laboratory   (Japan)

^c Supertechs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical assay; Immunofluorescent (IF) analysis; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); RT PCR and subsequent southern blotting; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TDT)

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029779322     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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