Quantification bias caused by plasmid DNA conformation in quantitative real-time PCR assay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Chih Hui ^a   Chen, Yu Chieh ^a   Pan, Tzu Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; DNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALIBRATION; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 83355170695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029101     Document Type: Article

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