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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • PCR, Reverse Transcriptase
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase
  • Reverse Transcriptase PCR
  • Transcriptase PCR, Reverse

Note

  • RT-PCR in the literature probably goes here not under REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; check text

Scope note

  • A variation of the PCR technique in which cDNA is made from RNA via reverse transcription. The resultant cDNA is then amplified using standard PCR protocols.

History note

  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020133

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