The Probe Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

The probe is

• A) immobilized on a solid support mechanism.
• B) the strand that is used as the oligonucleotide primer.
• C) the RNA portion that will act as the DNA replicase and allow replication to occur.
• D) used to detect the target nucleic acid molecule.

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