Similar Gene Estimates from Circular and Linear Standards in Quantitative PCR Analyses Using the Prokaryotic 16S rRNA Gene as a Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Oldham, Athenia L ^a   Duncan, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; PLASMID DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA CONFORMATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MODEL; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROKARYOTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOVIRGA LIENII;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENE DOSAGE; GENES; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THERMOVIRGA LIENII;

EID: 84871342461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051931     Document Type: Article

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