A strategy to increase the specificity of Syber Green I qRT-PCR in hepatitis A detection

New Microbiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Donia, Domenica ^a   Petrinca, Anna Rita ^a   Divizia, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hairpin primer; HAV; Primer dimers; QRT PCR; Specificity; Syber green I

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 77957064551     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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