Statistical Analysis of Quantitative RT-PCR Results

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 691, Issue , 2011, Pages 227-241

  Khan Malek, Richard ^a   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Relative quantification; RT PCR; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952198814     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-849-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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