Design and testing of β-actin primers for RT-PCR that do not co- amplify processed pseudogenes

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-460

  Raff, T ^a   Van Der Giet, M ^a,b   Endemann, D ^a   Wiederholt, T ^a   Paul, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030921694     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97233st02     Document Type: Article

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