Development of a quantitative competitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for the quantification of growth hormone gene expression in pigs

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Franco, Maurício Machaim ^a,b   Almeida, Juliana Franco ^a   Lino de Souza, Guilherme Rocha ^a   Antunes, Robson Carlos ^a   Goulart, Luiz Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gene expression; GH gene; Pig; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PRIMER DNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SWINE;

EUKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037360897     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572003000100003     Document Type: Review

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