PCR inhibition by reverse transcriptase leads to an overestimation of amplification efficiency

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Suslov, Oleg ^a   Steindler, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ISOLATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLOROFORM; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PENTANOLS; PHENOL; PRECIPITATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 29144495882     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni176     Document Type: Article

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