Quantification of Transcript Levels with Quantitative RT-PCR

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 772, Issue , 2011, Pages 279-295

  Carleton, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Messenger RNA; Quantitative RT PCR; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; OPSINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 84857199057     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-228-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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