Quantitative measurement of equine cytokine mRNA expression by polymerase chain reaction using target-specific standard curves

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 155-169

  Swiderski, Cyprianna E ^a   Klei, Thomas R ^a   Horohov, David W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine mRNA; RT PCR; Standard curves

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSES; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032926349     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00193-8     Document Type: Article

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