PrimerHunter: A primer design tool for PCR-based virus subtype identification

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2483-2492

  Duitama, Jorge ^b   Kumar, Dipu Mohan ^b   Hemphill, Edward ^b   Khan, Mazhar ^b   Mǎndoiu, Ion I ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DNA PRIMERS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

AVES;

EID: 65849214907     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp073     Document Type: Article

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