## Abstract An efficient and effective method for quantification of small amounts of nucleic acids contained within a sample specimen would be an important diagnostic tool for determining the content of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in situations where the depletion thereof may be a contributing factor
Mathematical considerations of competitive polymerase chain reaction
β Scribed by Ashley R. Connolly; Leslie G. Cleland; Bruce W. Kirkham
- Book ID
- 113181787
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 933 KB
- Volume
- 187
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-1759
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