A highly sensitive telomerase activity assay that eliminates false-negative results caused by PCR inhibitors

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 11751-11767

  Yaku, Hidenobu ^a,b   Murashima, Takashi ^b   Miyoshi, Daisuke ^b   Sugimoto, Naoki ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric PCR; Cycling probe technology; Magnetic beads; PCR inhibitor; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALOCYANINE; RNA PROBE; TELOMERASE;

BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; TELOMERE; ARTICLE; HELA CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CELL EXTRACTS; ENZYME ASSAYS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INDOLES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84886612399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules181011751     Document Type: Article

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