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. 1994 Aug 11;22(15):3253–3254. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.15.3253

A simplified method for single-cell RT-PCR that can detect and distinguish genomic DNA and mRNA transcripts.

J Tong 1, S Bendahhou 1, H Chen 1, W S Agnew 1
PMCID: PMC310308  PMID: 7520571

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