A strategy for obtaining near full-length HCV cDNA clones (assemblicons) by assembly PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Sheehy, P ^a,b   Scallan, M ^a,b   Kenny Walsh, E ^a   Shanahan, F ^a,b   Fanning, L J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amplicon; Assemblicon; Assembly PCR; Genotype; HCV; Long RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AMPLICON; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONSENSUS; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 11144347616     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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