A simple approach to the generation of heterologous competitive internal controls for real-time PCR assays on the LightCycler

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages 47-53

  Stöcher, Markus ^a   Leb, Victoria ^a   Hölzl, Gabriele ^a   Berg, Jörg ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Internal control; Quality control; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN KINASE; VIRUS DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0036898966     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(02)00192-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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