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