Reliability of RT-PCR methods for measuring relative gene expression in mast cells

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Ikeda, Teruo ^a   Murakami, Masaru ^a   Funaba, Masayuki ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene transcripts; Mast cells; PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LINEAR MODELS; MAST CELLS; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2942568253     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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