A mathematical analysis of in vitro molecular selection-amplification

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 650-660

  Sun, Fengzhu ^a,c   Galas, David ^b   Waterman, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Darwin Molecular Corporation   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding constant; DNA protein binding; In vitro selection; PCR; Probability

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0029868473     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0276     Document Type: Article

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