GBV-RNA detection by polymerase chain reaction with several primer pairs

Microbios

Volumn 95, Issue 381, 1998, Pages 125-130

  Quiros E ^a   Piedrola G ^a   Maroto, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GB viruses; Polymerase chain reaction; Primer pairs

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032253385     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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