Effect of oligonucleotide primers in determining viral variability within hosts

Virology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bracho, Maria Alma ^a   García Robles, Inmaculada ^a   Jiménez, Nuria ^a   Torres Puente, Manuela ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a   González Candelas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15544376129     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-1-13     Document Type: Article

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