A method for uptake quantification of multiple fluorescent DNAs in boar semen as an alternative to radiolabeling

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-65

  De Cecco, Marco ^a   Zannoni, Augusta ^a   Bernardini, Chiara ^a   Lavitrano, Marialuisa ^b   Bacci, Maria Laura ^a   Forni, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Gene transfer technique; Spermatozoa; Uptake

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABELING INDEX; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER; SWINE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PLASMIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SWINE;

EID: 77955643508     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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