Cooperative amplification of templates by cross-hybridization (CATCH)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 358-364

  Ehricht, Ralf ^a,b   Ellinger, Thomas ^a   McCaskill, John S ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b IMB Jena   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isothermal amplification; Molecular evolution; Self sustained sequence replication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031020866     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0358a.x     Document Type: Article

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