Unbiased molecular analysis of T cell receptor expression using template-switch anchored RT-PCR

Current Protocols in Immunology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 94, 2011, Pages

  Quigley, Máire F ^a   Almeida, Jorge R ^a   Price, David A ^a,b   Douek, Daniel C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen specific T cell; Polymerase chain reaction; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 82355184177     PISSN: 19343671     EISSN: 1934368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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