Troubleshooting fine-tuning procedures for qPCR system design

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Raso, Alessandro ^a   Mascelli, Samantha ^a   Nozza, Paolo ^a   Ugolotti, Elisabetta ^a   Vanni, Irene ^a   Capra, Valeria ^a   Biassoni, Roberto ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Primers design; QPCR; QPCR systems design; RT qPCR; SYBR detection

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; PRIMER DNA; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81255165981     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20489     Document Type: Article

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