Fluorescence cross-correlation: A new concept for polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-109

  Rigler, Rudolf ^a   Földes Papp, Zeno ^a   Meyer Almes, Franz Josef ^b   Sammet, Cyra ^c   Völcker, Martin ^c   Schnetz, Andreas ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EVOTEC BioSystems GmbH   (Germany)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application to polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Instrumental implementation; Theoretical concept for quantifying the absolute number of molecules in two colors; Two color fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DNA SEQUENCES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

FLUOROPHORES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWO-COLOR FLUORESCENCE CROSS-CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0043160243     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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