1,2-propanediol-trehalose mixture as a potent quantitative real-time PCR enhancer

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Horáková, Helena ^a   Polakovičová, Iva ^a   Shaik, Gouse M ^a   Eitler, Jiří ^a   Bugajev, Viktor ^a   Dráberová, Lubica ^a   Dráber, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-PROPANEDIOL; AMPLICONS; BLOOD SAMPLES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DNA AMPLIFICATION; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA MELTING; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA-TEMPLATE; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENOMIC DNA; GENOTYPING; MEDIUM SIZE; MUTATION FREQUENCY; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SALT COMPOSITION; SYBR GREEN I; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

1,2 PROPANEDIOL TREHALOSE; BETAINE; BUFFER; DNA FRAGMENT; DYE; GENOMIC DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MELTING POINT; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TREHALOSE;

EID: 79955113113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-41     Document Type: Article

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