Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. PCR is an enzymatic DNA technique which allows multiple rounds of amplification of a minimal amount of DNA to produce sufficient quantities of sample. This technique is widely used in biology, biotechnology, gene cloning, genetics, microbiology and medical sciences. 

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

Edwards, Kirstin, et al. Real-time PCR: an essential guide.
        QH 450.3 R424 2004

Innis, Michael A., et al. (eds.). PCR protocols: a guide to methods and applications.
        QH 442 P376 1990

Drlica, Karl. Understanding DNA and gene cloning: a guide for the curious.
        QH 442.2 D75 1997

Krieg, Paul A. (ed.). A laboratory guide to RNA: isolation, analysis, and synthesis.
        QU 58.7 L126 1996

Chen, Bing-Yuan, et al. (eds.). PCR cloning protocols.
        QH 450.3 P472 2002

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Kaufman, Peter B., et al.  Handbook of molecular and cellular methods in biology and medicine.
        QH 506 H265 1995

Creighton, Thomas E. (ed.). Encyclopedia of molecular biology.
        QH 506 E556 1999

Juo, Pei S. Concise dictionary of biomedicine and molecular biology.
        REF W 13 J866 2002

Smith A. D., et al. (eds.). Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology.
        REF QU 13 O936 2000

Selected textbooks

Sachse, Konrad, et al. (eds.). PCR detection of microbial pathogens.
       QW 25 P272 2003

Aquino de Muro, Marilena, et al. (eds.). Gene probes: principles and protocols.
       QU 58 G463 2002

Reischl, U, et al. (eds.).  Rapid cycle real-time PCR: methods and applications.
        QH 450.3 R274m 2002

Nuovo, Gerard J. PCR in situ hybridization: protocols and applications.
        QH 452.8 N868 1997

Erlich, Henry A. (ed.). PCR technology: principles and applications for DNA amplification.
        QH 442 P27 1989

Vanden Heuvel, John P. (ed.). PCR protocols in molecular toxicology.
        QV 602 P276 1998

Latchman, David S. (ed.). PCR applications in pathology: principles and practice.
        QZ 50 P372 1995

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Polymerase Chain Reaction
	Gene Amplification
	Molecular Biology
	Genetic Engineering
	DNA Replication
	DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase

Selected journals

Journal of biological chemistry
Journal of clinical microbiology
Molecular & cellular biology
 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Genetic Engineering - Periodicals
	Biochemistry - Periodicals
	Cytology - Periodicals
	Nucleic Acids - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

MEDLINE Database

Suggested subject headings:	Polymerase Chain Reaction
	Gene Amplification
	DNA Replication

Academic Search Elite

Search using keywords:	Polymerase Chain Reaction
	PCR
	Gene Amplification
	DNA Replication

Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings

Search using keywords:	PCR
	DNA Replication

Selected journal articles

          Atkins KL, et al. Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for group B streptococcus detection using an improved culture method.
          Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Sep;108(3 Pt 1):488-91.

          Kimberlin DW. Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus in the era of polymerase chain reaction. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Sep;25(9):841-2.

          Natarajan G, et al. Real-time polymerase chain reaction for the rapid detection of group B streptococcal colonization in neonates.    
          Pediatrics. 2006 Jul;118(1):14-22.

          Davidson MM. et al. Same-day detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from screening swabs by real-time polymerase chain reaction.
          J Hosp Infect. 2006 Aug;63(4):484-5.

          Cankovic M, et al. Failure to detect human herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus viral genomes in giant cell arteritis
          biopsy specimens by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2006 Sep-Oct;15(5):280-6.

  More reference sources

Dulbecco, R. (ed.). Encyclopedia of human biology.
        REF QH 302.5 E529 1997

Coligan, John E., et al. (eds.). Current protocols in immunology.
        REF QW 525 C877 1992-

Specialized sources

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and detection.
        AUDIOVISUALS QP 606 .D46 P64 1991

Sample preparation for PCR.
        AUDIOVISUALS QP 606 .D46 S25 1991

Department of Pediatrics - Newborn Medicine  601-984-2786
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Zhengwei Cai, PhD  zcai@ped.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Molecular Biology: PCR
http://www.protocol-online.org/prot/Molecular_Biology/PCR/index.html

Molecular Biology today
http://www.horizonpress.com/pcr/

Author:  Gongchao Yang
Copyright 2000, Rev. 2003, 2006 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson