Quantitative single-cell ion-channel gene expression profiling through an improved qRT-PCR technique combined with whole cell patch clamp

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Veys, K ^a   Labro, A J ^a   De Schutter, E ^a,b   Snyders, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic dorsal root ganglion neurons; Kv2.1; Quantifying transcripts; RNA amplification; Shaker type ion channel

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPINAL GANGLION; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84863535761     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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