The Difference Between Transcription-Mediated Amplification (TMA) and Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based

question 14

Multiple Choice

The difference between transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) is that

• A)only RNA is targeted for amplification in NASBA.
• B)NASBA is not useful for HIV.
• C)only DNA is tangled for amplification in NASBA.
• D)NASBA is the method of choice for the detection of microorganisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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