Production of digoxigenin-labelled RNA probes and the detection of cytokine mRNA in rat spleen and brain by in situ hybridization

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-351

  Meltzer, J C ^a   Sanders, V ^a   Grimm, P C ^a   Stern, E ^a   Rivier, C ^c   Lee, S ^c   Rennie, S L ^a   Gietz, R D ^a   Hole, A K ^a   Watson, P H ^a   Greenberg, A H ^b   Nance, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Digoxigenin; Floating section; In situ hybridization; Interleukin 1 beta; Northern blotting; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DIGOXIGENIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CYTOKINES; DIGOXIGENIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031749492     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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