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Immunocapture-polymerase chain reaction.

Vincent Mulholland
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Antibody capture of viruses can be used as a preparatory step in nucleic acid amplification techniques. Immunocapture of virus particles can be used to streamline and/or optimize the concentration, purification and specificity requirements of polymerase chain reaction assays.

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Vincent Mulholland. 2005. Immunocapture-polymerase chain reaction.. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-873-0%3A281

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