title: Review: Amplification reactions; origins and definitions-progress and present status.
abstract: Amplification reactions provide a chemical means of enhancing the sensitivity of an analytical measurement. This review describes the various types of amplification reactions currently available, proposes a systematic classification scheme for them and also provides a comprehensive account of amplification reactions for a wide variety of analytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT5 7AG, Northern Ireland, U.K.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Townshend