Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1995-11-13
2000-07-11
Saunders, David
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 911, 435 912, 435 9121, C12Q 168
Patent
active
060870966
ABSTRACT:
A method and kit are provided for quantitatively determining the length distributions of the third complementarity determining region (CDR3) of the T cell receptor (TCR) .alpha. and .beta. chains from human lymphocytes in a tissue sample or in the peripheral blood.
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