Comprehensive qPCR profiling of gene expression in single neuronal cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-127

  Citri, Ami ^a   Pang, Zhiping P ^a,b   Südhof, Thomas C ^a,c   Wernig, Marius ^a   Malenka, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861115379     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.430     Document Type: Article

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