Detection of tyrosinase mRNA in melanoma by reverse transcription-PCR and electrochemiluminescence

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1161-1169

  O'Connell, Catherine D ^a   Juhasz, Agnes ^a   Kuo, Christine ^b   Reeder, Dennis J ^a   Hoon, Dave S B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031800920     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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