Telomere length measurement on the Roche LightCycler 480 platform

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-68

  Jodczyk, Sarah ^a   Pearson, John F ^a   Aitchison, Alan ^a   Miller, Allison L ^a   Hampton, Mark B ^a   Kennedy, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; TAQ POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DNA DENATURATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84922051773     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2014.0208     Document Type: Article

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