Real-time PCR quantitation of glucocorticoid receptor alpha isoform

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Melo, Murilo R ^a   Faria, Cláudia D C ^a   Melo, Keli C ^a   Rebouças, Nancy A ^b   Longui, Carlos A ^a  

^a IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 26444529527     PISSN: 14712199     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-5-19     Document Type: Article

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