Oxytocin and oxytocin-receptor mRNA expression in the human gastrointestinal tract: A polymerase chain reaction study

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Monstein, Hans Jürg ^a,b   Grahn, Niclas ^a   Truedsson, Mikael ^c   Ohlsson, Bodil ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Improved mRNA isolation; mRNA expression; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1842684995     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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