Immunocapture-polymerase chain reaction.
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.
Mulholland
Vincent
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Diagnostics and Molecular Biology, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000821:virology*