Molecular Beacons: Probes that Fluoresce Upon Hybridization

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-308

  Tyagi, Sanjay ^a   Kramer, Fred Russell ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele discrimination; Homogeneous real time assays; Multiplex gene detection

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MOLECULAR BEACON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029670262     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0396-303     Document Type: Article

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