PCR-amplification of GC-rich regions: 'Slowdown PCR'

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1312-1317

  Frey, Ulrich H ^a   Bachmann, Hagen S ^a   Peters, Jürgen ^a   Siffert, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEOXY 7 DEAZAGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 50449109363     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.112     Document Type: Article

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