A versatile internal control for use as DNA in real-time PCR and as RNA in real-time reverse transcription PCR assays

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-372

  Deer, D M ^a   Lampel, K A ^a   Gonzalez Escalona N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal control; PCR; Real time PCR; Reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASSAYS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL DETECTION; FALSE NEGATIVES; IN-VITRO; INTERNAL AMPLIFICATION; INTERNAL CONTROLS; MULTIPLEX ASSAYS; PATHOGEN DETECTION; Q-RT-PCR; RANDOM SEQUENCE; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR (QPCR); REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR ASSAYS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SALMONELLA SPP;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA; RNA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; PATHOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 77949401095     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02804.x     Document Type: Article

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