Purification of Mycobacterium leprae RNA for gene expression analysis from leprosy biopsy specimens

BioTechniques

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 534-541

  Williams, Diana L ^a,b   Oby Robinson, Sandra ^a   Pittman, Tana L ^a   Scollard, David M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; GENES; SKIN;

LEPROSY LESIONS;

RNA;

BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SKIN BIOPSY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0042691504     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03353st07     Document Type: Article

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