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. 2013 Mar;133(3):1-4.
doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.1.

Polymerase chain reaction

Lilit Garibyan  1 , Nidhi Avashia  2
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Polymerase chain reaction

Lilit Garibyan et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 Mar.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Schematic presentation of the PCR principle
Figure 2
Figure 2. Visualization of the PCR products on an agarose gel
From Riedl et al, 2004: Identification of an alternatively spliced mouse Langerin transcript. (a) Ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel showing PCR products from full-length mouse Langerin obtained from C57BL/6 fresh LC (fLC) and from fetal skin-derived dendritic cells (FSDDC).
Figure 3
Figure 3. Qualitative PCR detects the presence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in immunocompetent individuals
From Drowkin et al, 2009: MCPyV detection. (a) The presence of MCPyV in SCCs, genomic normal DNA, and adjacent skin DNA was determined by PCR using VP1 primers. A representational result is shown with 6 of 16 samples tested showing a PCR product at 351 bp. All experiments included DNA from an MCPyV plasmid as a positive control (P) and a negative water control (W). M, molecular weight marker; +, positive for virus; −, negative for virus.
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