Rapid and sensitive detection of 68 unique varicella zoster virus gene transcripts in five multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Nagel, Maria A ^a   Gilden, Don ^a   Shade, Ted ^a   Gao, Bifeng ^a   Cohrs, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GeXPS multiplex PCR; VZV

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 60849120737     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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