Quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR to gauge increased protease- activated receptor 1 (PAR-1) mRNA copy numbers in the Wobbler mutant mouse

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Salcedo, Raymundo M ^a   Festoff, Barry W ^a,b   Citron, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Neurodegenerative; Serine protease; Spinal cord; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0031823351     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02737122     Document Type: Article

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