RNA isolation from Xenopus inner ear sensory endorgans for transcriptional profiling and molecular cloning

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 493, Issue , 2009, Pages 3-20

  Trujillo Provencio, Casilda ^a   Powers, Tushun R ^a   Sultemeier, David R ^a   Serrano, Elba E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cloning; Heterologous gene expression; Microarray; RNA; Transcriptional profiling; Vestibular; Xenopus laevis; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84934439074     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-523-7_1     Document Type: Article

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