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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Known as: Reaction, Polymerase Chain, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), PCR 
In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anchored PCRInverse PCRNested Polymerase Chain ReactionRandom Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyCloning, MolecularLigase Chain ReactionPolymerase chain reaction analysis

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genetic technology

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Polymerase chain reaction primers miss half of rRNA microbial diversity
The rRNA approach is the principal tool to study microbial diversity, but it has important biases. These include polymerase chain… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A short history of the polymerase chain reaction.
A Short History of the Polymerase Chain Reaction. In the 1950s, the discovery of PCR is the subject of claim and counterclaim… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Quantitative assessment of hematopoietic chimerism after bone marrow transplantation by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
We have developed a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using TaqMan technology (Applied Biosystems… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The complete BRCA2 gene and mutations in chromosome 13q-linked kindreds
Breast carcinoma is the most common malignancy among women in developed countries. Because family history remains the strongest… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Molecular characterization of the family of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The sensitivity of single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for the detection of single base substitutions.
Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis has proven to be a simple and effective technique for the detection of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Use of repetitive (repetitive extragenic palindromic and enterobacterial repetitive intergeneric consensus) sequences and the polymerase chain reaction to fingerprint the genomes of Rhizobium…
Thedistribution ofdispersed repetitive DNA (repetitive extragenic palindromic [REP]andenterobacterial repetitive intergenic… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
DNA polymerase fidelity and the polymerase chain reaction.
High-fidelity DNA synthesis conditions are those that exploit the inherent ability of polymerases to discriminate against errors… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cloning immunoglobulin variable domains for expression by the polymerase chain reaction.
We have designed a set of oligonucleotide primers to amplify the cDNA of mouse immunoglobulin heavy and light chain variable… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Alu polymerase chain reaction: a method for rapid isolation of human-specific sequences from complex DNA sources.
Current efforts to map the human genome are focused on individual chromosomes or smaller regions and frequently rely on the use… 
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