Detection of PCR products using self-probing amplicons and fluorescence

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 804-807

  Whitcombe, David ^a   Theaker, Jane ^a   Guy, Simon P ^a   Brown, Tom ^b   Little, Steve ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARMS; Diagnostics; Fluorescent probes; Homogeneous assays; Multiplexing; PCR; Single tube genotyping

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXON; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; ONCOGENE K RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032839195     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11751     Document Type: Article

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