The use of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to analyse large numbers of mRNA species from a single cell

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Toellner, Kai Michael ^a,c   Scheel Toellner, Dagmar ^a   Seitzer, Ulrike ^a   Sprenger, Raimund ^a   Trümper, Lorenz ^b   Schlüter, Carsten ^a   Flad, Hans Dieter ^a   Gerdes, Johannes ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cytokine mRNA; interleukin mRNA; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; single cell polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029954877     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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