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Replicatable RNA reporters

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Elusive infectious agents such as HIV-1 can be detected by nucleic acid hybridization using special probes that are amplified by the enzyme Q-beta replicase as much as a thousand million-fold.

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  1. Department of Molecular Genetics, Public Health Research Institute, 455 First Avenue, New York, New York, 10016, USA

    F. R. Kramer

  2. Centro de Investigacion sobre Ingenieria Genetica y Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 510-3, 62270, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    P. M. Lizardi

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Kramer, F., Lizardi, P. Replicatable RNA reporters. Nature 339, 401–402 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/339401a0

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