A comparative analysis of the suitability of different peripheral blood samples for reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction Análise comparativa da adequação de diferentes amostras de sangue periférico em ensaios de reação em cadeia da polimerase via transcriptase reversa

Venipuncture is one of the easiest clinical procedures to obtain viable blood samples to evaluate gene expression using mRNA analysis. However, the use of this sample type in reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction tests (RT-PCR) without prior treatment is controversial. We therefore propose...

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Main Authors: Adriene Siqueira de Melo, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Suellen Carvalho de Moura Braz, Yara de Miranda Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842010000500012