Techniques for quantification of cytokine mRNAs

Cytokines, Cellular and Molecular Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Benveniste, Olivier ^a   Martin, Marc ^a   Villinger, François ^b   Dormont, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; Cytokine; mRNA; Semiquantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ASSAY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031696405     PISSN: 13684736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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