Highly sensitive qualitative and quantitative detection of reverse transcriptase activity: Optimization, validation, and comparative analysis with other detection systems

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Folks, Thomas M ^a   Heneine, Walid ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase detection and quantitation

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CAPRA; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; GIBBON APE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HTLV; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HYLOBATES SP.; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SIMIAN RETROVIRUS; SIMIAN RETROVIRUS 2; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030250138     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02078-2     Document Type: Article

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