Capture and RT-PCR of hepatitis C virus RNA with safety primers

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 33-43

  Heermann, K H ^a   Seitz, H ^a   Thomssen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome alignment; Guanidinium thiocyanate denaturation; Hepatitis C; Liquid hybridization; Safety primers

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA TEMPLATE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029996725     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02003-4     Document Type: Article

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