Molecular beacon probe advantage

For studies of hematological malignancies, the sequence-specific fluorescence probe-based systems provide the advantage of an important further test for identification of the sequence of interest by virtue of hybridization of fluo-rescently labeled internal probes to the amplified target sequence. The most commonly used sequence-specific chemistries include the exonuclease (TaqMan), the linear hybridization probe, and the hairpin-based (Molecular Beacon) systems. (See Chapter 37 for further information on nucleic acid techniques.)... 

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