Molecular measurement of t cell receptor excision circles

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 979, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-159

  Lynch, Heather E ^a   Sempowski, Gregory D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Mouse; Non human Primate; Real time PCR; T cell receptor; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; TAQ POLYMERASE; DNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMAL CYCLER; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; DNA; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MICE; PLASMIDS; PRIMATES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880954072     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-290-2_12     Document Type: Article

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