Unreliable real-time PCR analysis of human endogenous retrovirus-W (HERV-W) RNA expression and DNA copy number in multiple sclerosis

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-378

  Garson, Jeremy A ^a,b   Huggett, Jim F ^a   Bustin, Stephen A ^c   Pfaffl, Michael W ^d   Benes, Vladimir ^e   Vandesompele, Jo ^f   Shipley, Gregory L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNCYTIN 1; TAQ POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

DNA, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 65449178492     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0270     Document Type: Letter

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