Improvement of quantitative PCR reproducibility by betaine as determined by fluorescence-based method

BioTechniques

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 950-954

  Shammas, Fuad V ^a   Heikkilä, Reino ^a   Osland, Arve ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0035022774     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/01305bm05     Document Type: Article

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