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. 1990 Dec 25;18(24):7465. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.24.7465

Formamide can dramatically improve the specificity of PCR.

G Sarkar ¹, S Kapelner ¹, S S Sommer ¹

PMCID: PMC332902 PMID: 2259646

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