Semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: An approach for the measurement of target gene expression in human brain

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-139

  Chen, Li ^a   Segal, David M ^a   Mash, Deborah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter (DAT); Human brain; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Reverse transcription (RT)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN; DNA; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0032821395     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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