Methodology for detecting trace amounts of microchimeric DNA from peripheral murine white blood cells by real-time PCR

Biological Procedures Online

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Artlett, Carol M ^a   Dito, C Gennaro ^a   Christner, Paul J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Leukocytes; Mice; Polymerase chain reaction; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HOST CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCHIMERISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0347300769     PISSN: 14809222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1251/bpo51     Document Type: Article

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