PCR-Based Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Mitochondrial DNA Damage, and Nuclear DNA Damage

Current Protocols in Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20.11.1-20.11.25

  Gonzalez Hunt, Claudia P ^a   Rooney, John P ^a   Ryde, Ian T ^a   Anbalagan, Charumathi ^a   Joglekar, Rashmi ^a   Meyer, Joel N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; DNA damage; mitochondrial DNA; mitochondrial DNA copy number; qPCR

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS GRANDIS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84992192794     PISSN: 19349254     EISSN: 19349262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471140856.tx2011s67     Document Type: Article

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