Quantitative real-time RT-PCR - A perspective

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 597-601

  Bustin, S A ^d,e   Benes, V ^a   Nolan, T ^b   Pfaffl, M W ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b Stratagene Europe   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

AMPLICON; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21344458602     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.01755     Document Type: Review

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