Introducing undergraduate students to real-time PCR

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Hancock, Dale ^a   Funnell, Alister ^a   Jack, Briony ^a   Johnston, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; QPCR; Real time PCR; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

EID: 78049468310     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20414     Document Type: Article

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