A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for quantification of allele ratios and correction of amplification bias

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 252-258

  Weber, Michaël ^a   Hagège, Hélène ^a   Lutfalla, Georges ^b   Dandolo, Luisa ^c   Brunel, Claude ^a   Cathala, Guy ^a   Forné, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c InsermU257 CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Allele ratio; Imprinting; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENES; MAMMALS;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; ALLELE RATIO; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; IMPRINTING; PCR AMPLIFICATION BIAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; REAL-TIME PCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION SITE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042121355     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(03)00396-8     Document Type: Article

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