The polymerase chain reaction: from functional genomics to high-school practical classes.

doi:10.1016/s0958-1669(98)80081-5

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The polymerase chain reaction: from functional genomics to high-school practical classes.

Current opinion in biotechnology - 1 Feb 1998

Taylor G R, Robinson P

Abstract excerpt

After a decade of intensive use as an in vitro alternative to cloning DNA, PCR is now well established as the default method for DNA and RNA analysis. Recent developments have consolidated this position by the introduction of more robust formats, improvements in thermal cyclers and labelling and...

Topics

Chromosome Mapping
DNA Methylation
Gene Expression
Genome
Humans
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Messenger
Sensitivity and Specificity
Transcription, Genetic

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