Real-time PCR: Revolutionizing detection and expression analysis of genes

Current Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 234-251

  Deepak, S A ^a   Kottapalli, K R ^b   Rakwal, R ^c,d   Oros, G ^e   Rangappa, K S ^a   Iwahashi, H ^c   Masuo, Y ^c   Agrawal, G K ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d Research Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology and Biochemistry Nepal   (Nepal)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Detection; Disease; Microorganisms; Pathogen; Plant microbe interaction; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLLUTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 34547750807     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920207781386960     Document Type: Review

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