Molecular beacons in diagnostics

F1000 Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tyagi, Sanjay ^a   Kramer, Fred Russell ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BEACON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84860822281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17575931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/M4-10     Document Type: Article

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