Real-time quantitative assay of telomerase activity using the duplex scorpion primer

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 891-895

  Huang, Yanping ^a,b   Kong, Deming ^a   Yang, Yi ^b   Niu, Ruifang ^b   Shen, Hanxi ^a   Mi, Huaifeng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duplex scorpion primer; Real time quantitative PCR; Telomerase activity; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 3342961760     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:bile.0000025898.15309.0e     Document Type: Article

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