Rapid detection of thymidylate synthase gene expression levels by semi-quantitative competitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction followed by quantitative digital image analysis

Tumor Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 306-319

  Houze, Thomas A ^a   Larsson, Lars ^a   Larsson, Per Anders ^a   Hansson, Goran ^a   Asea, Alexzander ^b   Gustavsson, Bengt ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Digital image analysis; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, competitive; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029817935     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217993     Document Type: Article

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