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Reaction

A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally.

Reaction

A decrease in price following an increase in price. A reaction connotes a slow decline; it is the opposite of a recovery.

reaction

A decline in security prices following a period of rising security prices.

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Several polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based techniques have been developed for routine clinical malaria diagnosis, e.

A PCR method based on 18S rRNA gene for detection of malaria parasite in Balochistan

JRC is launching this open call for the supply and maintenance of real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) equipment.

Supply and maintenance of real-time polymerase chain reaction equipment

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the extracted DNA used genus-specific primers for the rickettsial 17-kDA protein gene, 5'-TGTCTATCAATTCACAACTTGCC-3" and 5'-GCTTACAAAAT TCTAAAAACCATATA-3'.

Fatal human infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatan, Mexico

Polymerase chain reaction testing (PCR) was performed to detect the presence of HPV and, if found, to identify its subtype (figure).

Human papillomavirus in tonsillar and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Isolation of HPV subtype 31

Because the isolation of the infectious virus has been unsuccessful, a coupled reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay has been used both by our group and by McKenna's to detect measles virus RNA.

Persistent measles virus infection as a possible cause of otosclerosis: State of the art

Specific diagnostic methods are needed to identify unexpected SFG agents either by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or by culture (5).

"Candidatus Rickettsia kellyi," India

Using polymerase chain reaction, a technique for detecting minutes quantities of DNA, the researchers searched for DNA from different types of HPV in the samples.

Immune trait ups cervical cancer risk

were identified biochemically (api 20E, bioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) and by a polymerase chain reaction assay specific for the invA gene of Salmonella spp.

Reptile-associated Salmonellosis in Man, Italy

Mullis received the award for his 1985 invetion of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), now a basic tool of the biotechnology industry.