Type-2 somatostatin receptor mRNA levels in breast and colon cancer determined by a quantitative RT-PCR assay based on dual label fluorogenic probe and the TaqMan™ technology

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 79-86

  Pinzani, Pamela ^a   Orlando, Claudio ^a   Raggi, Claudia Casini ^a   Distante, Vito ^a   Valanzano, Rosa ^a   Tricarico, Carmela ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a   Serio, Mario ^a   Pazzagli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Real time PCR; Solid tumors

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROBLASTOMA; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; TAQ POLYMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035876617     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(01)00235-X     Document Type: Article

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