Basic principles of real-time quantitative PCR

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-219

  Arya, Manit ^a   Shergill, Iqbal S ^a   Williamson, Magali ^a   Gommersall, Lyndon ^b   Arya, Neehar ^c   Patel, Hitendra R H ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; INTERCALATING AGENT; PRIMER DNA; SYBR GREEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA BINDING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA PROBES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15444370610     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.5.2.209     Document Type: Review

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