Quantitative detection of PML-RARα fusion transcript by real-time PCR with a single primer pair

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Takenokuchi, Mariko ^a   Nakamachi, Yuji ^b   Yoneda, Keiko ^c   Joo, Kana ^b   Kawano, Seiji ^b   Tatsumi, Eiji ^d   Saigo, Katsuyasu ^a   Kumagai, Shunichi ^a  

^a HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Sanda Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d SAGAMI WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Lightcycler; PML RAR isoform; Real time quantitative PCR; Single primer pair

Indexed keywords

PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 68049085428     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20306     Document Type: Article

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