Detection sensitivity and quantitation of Plasmodium falciparum var gene transcripts by real-time RT-PCR in comparison with conventional RT-PCR

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Gatton, Michelle L ^a   Peters, Jennifer M ^a   Gresty, Karryn ^a   Fowler, Elizabeth V ^a   Chen, Nanhua ^b   Cheng, Qin ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VAR GENE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748741299     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.212     Document Type: Article

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