Real-time PCR method for the quantitative analysis of human T-cell receptor γ and β gene rearrangements

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Chain, J L ^a,b   Joachims, M L ^a   Hooker, S W ^a   Laurent, A B ^a   Knott Craig, C K ^b   Thompson, L F ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative Southern blot; Real time PCR; T cell receptor excision circle; T cell receptor gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 20444419776     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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