Detection of basal levels and induction of delta opioid receptor mRNA in murine splenocytes

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Sharp, Burt M ^a,b   Shahabi, Nahid ^a,b   McKean, David ^c   Li, Ming D ^a,b   McAllen, Kathy ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Concanavalin A; RT PCR; T cell; Weanling

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS LINKING; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030851726     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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