Semiquantitative RT-PCR measurement of gene expression in rat tissues including a correction for varying cell size and number

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Romero, Maria Del Mar ^a,b   Grasa, Maria Del Mar ^a,b   Esteve, Montserrat ^a,b   Fernández López, José Antonio ^a,b   Alemany, Marià ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 38849157123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-4-26     Document Type: Article

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