Development of a qRT-PCR assay to determine the relative mRNA expression of two different trypsins in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-34

  Pálsdóttir, Helga Margrét ^a   Gudmundsdóttir, Ágústa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; FRET; LightCycler; mRNA expression; Normalization; Quantitative RT PCR; Serine proteases; Trypsins; actin

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN I; TRYPSIN Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33846600784     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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