Detection of telomerase activity utilizing energy transfer primers: Comparison with gel- and ELISA-based detection

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 552-558

  Uehara, Hiroshi ^a   Nardone, Glenn ^a   Nazarenko, Irina ^a   Hohman, Robert J ^a  

^a Intergen Discovery Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033009346     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99263pf01     Document Type: Article

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