Elimination of background signals in a modified polymerase chain reaction-based reverse transcriptase assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-261

  Maudru, Tom ^a   Peden, Keith ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Retrovirus delection; Reverse transcriptase assay

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RNA VIRUS; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; PLACENTAL HORMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030874359     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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