Quantitation of NMDA receptor NR2 mRNA transcripts in human brain by competitive RT-PCR

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-79

  Hynd, Matthew R ^a   Scott, Heather L ^a   Dodd, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; Gene expression; mRNA; NMDA receptor; NR2 subtypes

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STANDARD;

EID: 0037354378     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(03)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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