Single-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 549-553

  Mizutani, Tetsuya ^a,d   Ikeda, Masanori ^a   Saito, Satoru ^b   Sugiyama, Kazuo ^a   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^c   Kato, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031851892     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02323.x     Document Type: Article

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