Comparison of reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction methods and platforms for single cell gene expression analysis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Fox, Bridget C ^a   Devonshire, Alison S ^a   Baradez, Marc Olivier ^a   Marshall, Damian ^a   Foy, Carole A ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mRNA; RNA standard; RT qPCR; Single cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; MRNA; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION METHODS; RT-QPCR; SINGLE CELLS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862731815     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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