Optimisation of an asymmetric polymerase chain reaction assay for the amplification of single-stranded DNA from Wuchereria bancrofti for electrochemical detection

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 804-807

  Venkatesan, Vasuki ^a   Hoti, Sugeerappa Laxmanappa ^a   Kamaraj, Nagalakshmi ^a   Ghosh, Somnath ^b   Rajaram, Kaushik ^b  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetric PCR; Electrochemical detection; Single stranded DNA; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84883685716     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013020     Document Type: Article

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