I'm looking for Kary Mullis' original publication regarding the development/discovery of PCR (1983). All I can seem to find is his article appearing in Scientific American but it appears in 1990. Does anyone know of the original publication, or is this all there is?

6/18/2006 5:53:10 PM

ask a librarian?

6/18/2006 7:04:47 PM

figure out what journal the results were published in, the search for the oldest mention of PCR

6/18/2006 7:21:19 PM

I read his book on biotechnology, helped me ace my biotech courses...a great technical writer who makes things simple.

6/18/2006 11:10:27 PM

haha

the guy who invented PCR believes in aliens



[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 1:37 AM. Reason : and he's a surfer and has used LSD...that's just awesome]

6/19/2006 1:34:00 AM

Enzymatic amplification of beta-globin genomic sequences and restriction site analysis for diagnosis of sickle cell anemia

RK Saiki, S Scharf, F Faloona, KB Mullis, GT Horn, HA Erlich, and N Arnheim
Science 20 December 1985 230: 1350-1354


See if you can get hold of this publication. This is the first ever PCR publication, 2 years after the discovery by Dr. Mullis. The patent was filed in the same year.

6/19/2006 3:56:50 AM

^Thanks...I found it.

6/19/2006 6:42:42 PM

ncsu has Science Mag subscription, but not for articles that old

6/19/2006 7:59:56 PM

Yeah I saw that...You can get it throug NC Live though...NC Live is awesome!

6/19/2006 8:19:21 PM

whats that?

link?

6/19/2006 8:32:02 PM

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu

Search for Live

Click on the first link

Use your Unity login to get into the system.

6/19/2006 8:42:09 PM