A novel qPCR assay for viral encoded microRNAs

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Reichenstein, Irit ^a   Aizenberg, Natalie ^a   Goshen, Maya ^a   Bentwich, Zvi ^a   Avni, Yonat Shemer ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

EBV; Hydrolysis probe; MicroRNA; qPCR; Real time PCR; Virus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CARRIER STATE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENE LIBRARY; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 73049087779     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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