Current applications of single-cell PCR

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-105

  Hahn, S ^a   Zhong, X Y ^a   Troeger, C ^a   Burgemeister, R ^b   Gloning, K ^b   Holzgreve, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Frauenärzte und Genetik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; PCR; Single cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033974032     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050501     Document Type: Review

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