Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase
  • Reverse Transcriptase PCR
  • PCR, Reverse Transcriptase
  • Transcriptase PCR, Reverse

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

1999

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Previous Indexing

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (1991-1998)
  • RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase (1991-1998)

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  1. E05.393.620.500w.725w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020133. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020133
  2. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_transcription_polymerase_chain_reaction
  3. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169526