A polymerase chain reaction to detect a spliced late transcript of human cytomegalovirus in the blood of bone marrow transplant recipients

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Nelson, P N ^a   Rawal, B K ^a   Boriskin, Y S ^a   Mathers, K E ^a   Powles, R L ^b   Steel, H M ^a   Tryhorn, Y S ^a   Butcher, P D ^a   Booth, J C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; CMV late RNA; Cytomegalovirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcription; Spliced RNA

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029960171     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01900-6     Document Type: Article

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