Single-cell qPCR on dispersed primary pituitary cells -an optimized protocol

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hodne, Kjetil ^a,b   Haug, Trude M ^b   Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA ESCIN; PROLACTIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOSOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RNA ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; GADIFORMES; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; GADIFORMES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149355198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-82     Document Type: Article

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