Validation of assays to monitor immune responses in the Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-35

  Zivcec, Marko ^a,b   Safronetz, David ^a   Haddock, Elaine ^a   Feldmann, Heinz ^a,b   Ebihara, Hideki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Host immune response; QRT PCR; Reference genes; Syrian Golden hamster

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MESOCRICETUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS INDIANA VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RATTUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79955463537     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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