Quantitative assessment of the sensitivity of various commercial reverse transcriptases based on armored HIV RNA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Okello, John B A ^a   Rodriguez, Linda ^a   Poinar, Debi ^a   Bos, Kirsten ^a   Okwi, Andrew L ^b   Bimenya, Gabriel S ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^c   Henry, Kenneth R ^d   Kuch, Melanie ^a   Poinar, Hendrik N ^a,e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HIV; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 78649756044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013931     Document Type: Article

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