NUCLEIC ACID TECHNIQUES (MLS)
Learning Lab for Medical Laboratory Scientists
Author information
Christine Schmotzer, MD
Dr Schmotzer disclosed no conflict of interest
Learning objectives:
- Identify enzymes used in nucleic acid methods
- Describe nucleic acid treatments not involving enzymes
- Describe amplification and PCR basics
- Describe real-time PCR
- Describe PCR variants and non-PCR amplification techniques
- Describe quality assurance for nucleic acid techniques