Spermine-mediated improvement of cycling probe reaction

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-116

  Modrusan, Z ^a   Bekkaoui, F ^a   Duck, P ^a  

^a ID Biomedical Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimeric probe; Cycling probe technology (CPT); DNA based detection; Non homologous DNA; RNase H; Spermine

Indexed keywords

DNA; EGTAZIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE H; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROBE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032052267     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0156     Document Type: Article

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