A novel highly reproducible quantitative competitive RT PCR system

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-352

  Zhang, Junlong ^a   Byrne, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Fibrinogen; Gene expression; mRNA; Quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRINOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0031555479     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1392     Document Type: Article

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