A new quantitative RT-PCR assay for the vasoconstrictor endothelin

Research in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Lederer, E B ^a   Bastani, K ^a   Goebel, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; PCR ELISA; RT PCR; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029942639     PISSN: 03009130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004330050015     Document Type: Article

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