One-step fluorescent probe product-enhanced reverse transcriptase assay

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-106

  Arnold, Beth A ^a   Hepler, Robert W ^a   Keller, Paul M ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031868918     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98251st06     Document Type: Article

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