5'-Degenerate 3'-dideoxy-terminated competitors of PCR primers increase specificity of amplification

BioTechniques

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-450

  Atamas, Sergei P ^a   Luzina, Irina G ^a   Handwerger, Barry S ^a   White, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0031938144     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98243st04     Document Type: Article

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