A simple and rapid reverse transcriptase assay for the detection of retroviruses in cell cultures
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- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cytotechnology
- Vol. 29 (3) , 221-227
Abstract
Reverse transcriptase (RT) is a good diagnostic tool for the detection of retroviruses. We have developed a simple and rapid assay for RT activity in culture supernatants. A 370-base RNA sequence...Keywords
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