Real-time quantitative PCR of telomere length

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Gil, Marcel E ^a   Coetzer, Thérèsa L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

LightCycler; Real time PCR; Telomere length; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SAMPLING;

LIGHTCYCLER; REAL-TIME PCR; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERES;

CHROMOSOMES;

DNA POLYMERASE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEVICE; GENE NUMBER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 16544385560     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:27:2:169     Document Type: Article

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