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. 1992 Nov 11;20(21):5863–5864. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.21.5863

Direct quantification of picomolar concentrations of mRNAs by mathematical analysis of a reverse transcription/exponential polymerase chain reaction assay.

R J Wiesner 1
PMCID: PMC334445  PMID: 1280814

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