Technical aspects of quantitative competitive PCR

BioTechniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-279

  Zimmermann, Klaus ^a   Mannhalter, Josef W ^a  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029778731     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/96212rv01     Document Type: Review

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