Evaluating RNA status for RT-PCR in extracts of postmortem human brain tissue

BioTechniques

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 628-633

  Miller, Christine L ^a,c   Diglisic, Suad ^b   Leister, Flora ^a   Webster, Maree ^b   Yolken, Robert H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TISSUE;

BIOANALYZERS; ELECTROPHEROGRAMS;

RNA;

RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; RNA EXTRACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 1842474964     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04364st03     Document Type: Article

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