Nucleobase analogs for degenerate hybridization devised through conformational pairing analysis

BioTechniques

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-624

  Abraham, Michelle L ^a   Albalos, Maria ^a   Guettouche, Toumy ^a   Friesenhahn, Michel J ^a   Battersby, Thomas R ^a  

^a Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5-METHYLISOCYTOSINE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) SUBTYPES; ISOGUANINE OPPOSITE; PCR ASSAY;

BIOASSAY; DNA; POLYMORPHISM; VIRUSES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

5 METHYLISOCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYPOXANTHINE; ISOGUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOMICS;

BASE PAIRING; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 36448993286     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112602     Document Type: Article

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