Novel method for the rapid isolation of RPE cells specifically for RNA extraction and analysis

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Xin Zhao Wang, Cynthia ^a   Zhang, Kaiyan ^a   Aredo, Bogale ^a   Lu, Hua ^a   Ufret Vincenty, Rafael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Mouse; Novel technique; RNA extraction; RPE isolation

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RNA; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84865590817     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.06.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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