A convenient approach to the generation of multiple internal control DNA for a panel of real-time PCR assays

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

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

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Internal control; LightCycler; Real time PCR; Virus derived nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVICE; DNA VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0037357541     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(02)00266-5     Document Type: Article

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