An empirical approach to target DNA quantification in environmental samples using real-time polymerase chain reactions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1956-1967

  Gulden, Robert H ^a   Levy Booth, David ^a   Campbell, Rachel ^a   Powell, Jeff R ^a   Hart, Miranda M ^a   Dunfield, Kari E ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Pauls, K Peter ^a   Klironomos, John N ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical threshold; DNA quantification; Genetically modified; Multiple regression; Non linear regression; Polymerase chain reaction; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR; SAS; Soil DNA

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYME KINETICS; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

AMPLIFICATION CURVES; CRITICAL THRESHOLDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS;

DNA;

DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 34248547335     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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