Split single-cell RT-PCR analysis of Purkinje cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2143-2151

  Esumi, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Kaneko, Ryosuke ^a   Kawamura, Yoshimi ^a   Yagi, Takeshi ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; PURKINJE CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34248662082     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.343     Document Type: Article

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