Towards quantitative in situ hybridization

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-423

  Jonker, Ard ^a   De Boer, Piet A J ^a   Van Den Hoff, Maurice J B ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autoradiography; carbamoylphosphate synthetase; densitometry; image analysis; mRNA; Northern blot; quantification; signal amplification

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SULFUR 35;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030941502     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500309     Document Type: Article

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