Quantitative RT-PCR: Pitfalls and potential

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-125

  Freeman, Willard M ^a   Walker, Stephen J ^a   Vrana, Kent E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; RNA;

BINDING COMPETITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

EID: 0032894224     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99261rv01     Document Type: Review

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