Tissue-specific expression pattern of bovine prion gene: Quantification using real-time RT-PCR

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-10

  Tichopad, Ales ^a   Pfaffl, Michael W ^a   Didier, Andrea ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute quantification; Cattle; mRNA expression; Prion; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; INSTRUMENT; KIDNEY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STANDARDIZATION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037292090     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8508(02)00114-7     Document Type: Article

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