How many cycles does a PCR need? Determinations of cycle numbers depending on the number of targets and the reaction efficiency factor

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Rameckers, Jens ^a,b   Hummel, Susanne ^b   Herrmann, Bernd ^b  

^a Applied Biosystems GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; GENE TARGETING; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030741050     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050393     Document Type: Article

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