A sensitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay for measuring the effects of dehydration and gestation on rat amounts of vasopressin and ocytocin mRNAs

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 151-159

  LeMoullec, J M ^a   Jouquey, S ^a   Corvol, P ^b   Pinet, F ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Ocytocin; Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Uterus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UTERUS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DEHYDRATION; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERUS;

EID: 0030934974     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)04033-1     Document Type: Article

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