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Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays that Measure the Abundance of Extremely Rare Mutations Associated with Cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Vargas Diana Y, Kramer Fred Russell, Tyagi Sanjay, Marras Salvatore A E
Abstract excerpt
We describe the use of "SuperSelective" primers that enable the detection and quantitation of somatic mutations whose presence relates to cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy, in real-time PCR assays that can potentially analyze rare DNA fragments present in blood samples (liquid biopsies). The design of these deoxyribonucleotide primers incorporates both a relatively long "5' anchor sequence" that hybridizes...
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