Use of a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay to analyze allele-specific expression in individual hippocampal neurons

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-102

  Shen, Steve I ^a,b   Gao, Chunguang ^a   Singer Sam, Judith ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele specific; Cell adhesion molecules; CNS disorders; Pyramidal neurons; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Snrpn; SNuPE; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS CASTANEUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031665455     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1997.2668     Document Type: Article

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