Strategy for controlling preferential amplification and avoiding false negatives in PCR typing

BioTechniques

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1102-1108

  Weissensteiner, Thomas ^a,b,c   Lanchbury, Jerry S ^a  

^a G   (United Kingdom)

^b DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HLA TYPING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TARGET CELL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029752741     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/96216rr03     Document Type: Article

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