QPCR-based mitochondrial DNA quantification: Influence of template DNA fragmentation on accuracy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-447

  Jackson, Christopher B ^a   Gallati, Sabina ^a   Schaller, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA degradation; DNA fragmentation; FFPE; Mitochondrial depletion; MtDNA copy number; Real time qPCR

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FREEZING; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84863322515     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.121     Document Type: Article

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