Standardisation of data from real-time quantitative PCR methods - Evaluation of outliers and comparison of calibration curves

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Burns, Malcolm J ^a   Nixon, Gavin J ^a   Foy, Carole A ^a   Harris, Neil ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DNA; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

OUTLIER TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); TRACE DETECTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMER DNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 29244438450     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-5-31     Document Type: Article

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