Application of quantitative real-time PCR with dual-labeled hydrolysis probes to microbial water quality monitoring

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-276

  Foulds, Inge V ^a   Guy, Rebecca A ^a   Kapoor, Anita ^a   Xiao, Chongxie ^a   Krull, Ulrich J ^a   Horgen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Pathogens; Quantitative PCR; Taqman; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745084019     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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