A branched DNA signal amplification assay to quantitate messenger RNA of human uncoupling proteins 1, 2, and 3

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-53

  Zhou, Lubing ^a   Cryan, Ellen V ^a   Minor, Lisa K ^a   Gunnet, Joseph W ^a   Demarest, Keith T ^a  

^a R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched DNA signal amplification assay; mRNA quantitation; Uncoupling proteins (UCP)

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION;

BRANCHED DNA; INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MRNA QUANTITATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS; UNCOUPLING PROTEINS;

AMPLIFICATION;

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0034659923     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4587     Document Type: Article

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