Moloney murine leukemia reverse transcriptase suspect in the production of multiple misincorporations during hprt cDNA synthesis

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Curry, John ^a   Glickman, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hprt; Mo MLV; Reverse transciptase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MUTANT; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TECHNIQUE;

MURINAE;

EID: 0031044220     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00251-5     Document Type: Article

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