COBAS AMPLICOR(TM): Fully automated RNA and DNA amplification and detection system for routine diagnostic PCR

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1915-1923

  Didomenico, Nicholas ^a   Link, Hans ^b   Knobel, Rolf ^b   Caratsch, Thomas ^b   Weschler, William ^a   Loewy, Zvi G ^a,c   Rosenstraus, Maurice ^a  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b Tegimenta AG   (Switzerland)

^c SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; biotin avidin interaction; Chlamydia trachomatis; DNA probes; hepatitis C virus; infections; Mycobacterium tubercolosis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; paramagnetic particles; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOTIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; VIRUS DNA; DNA; MICROSPHERE; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AUTOANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA; GONORRHEA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSPHERES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029658282     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.12.1915     Document Type: Article

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