Design of FRET-TaqMan probes for multiplex real-time PCR using an internal positive control

BioTechniques

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 519-524

  Jothikumar, Prithiviraj ^a   Hill, Vincent ^b   Narayanan, Jothikumar ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; FRET; Hybridization probes; Inhibitors; Internal control; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

PHORA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PROBES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 70349252388     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113127     Document Type: Article

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