Journal of Genetics and Genomes

Genetics Department, University in Konstanz, Germany

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• Commentary   
  Sensitivity of Reverse Transcription: Polymerase Chain Reaction
  Author(s): Victor Hoffmann*
  
  RT-PCR uses RNA as starting material for in vitro macromolecule amplification. The discovery of retroviral reverse transcriptase in the early 1970’s ultimately made RT-PCR possible. Reverse transcriptase is an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, catalyzing DNA synthesis using RNA as the template. The end product is known as complementary DNA (cDNA)... Read More»
  

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