Quantitative assessment of the effect of uracil-DNA glycosylase on amplicon DNA degradation and RNA amplification in reverse transcription-PCR

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kleiboeker, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; THYMINE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARTERIVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 21544477228     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-29     Document Type: Article

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