Leptin in Whales: Validation and Measurement of mRNA Expression by Absolute Quantitative Real-Time PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ball, Hope C ^a   Holmes, Robert K ^a   Londraville, Richard L ^a   Thewissen, Johannes G M ^b   Duff, Robert Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RS15; PROTEIN RS9; PROTEIN UXT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 18S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

18S GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; LEPTIN GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OB RGRP GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RS15 GENE; RS9 GENE; UXT GENE; VALIDATION STUDY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; LEPTIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872457138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054277     Document Type: Article

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