[Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)--a novel tool for the molecular diagnosis of neoplasms].

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[Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)--a novel tool for the molecular diagnosis of neoplasms].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1990

Yokota S, Abe T

Abstract excerpt

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a novel tool for the in vitro amplification of DNA segments up to several kb. Repeated cycles of DNA synthesis by heat-stable Taq DNA polymerase enables to obtain more than 10(5) copies of the target sequence. Recently its enormous attitude of amplification has...

Topics

Animals
DNA, Neoplasm
Gene Amplification
Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
Genes, ras
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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