Generation of digoxigeninincorporated probes to enhance DNA detection sensitivity

BioTechniques

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 306-309

  Lai, Tsung Po ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridged nucleic acid (BNA); Oligonucleotide; Telomere; Terminal restriction fragments (TRF)

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PROBE; DNA STRAND; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84973643932     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114427     Document Type: Article

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