A comparison of miRNA isolation and RT-qPCR technologies and their effects on quantification accuracy and repeatability

BioTechniques

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Redshaw, Nicholas ^a   Wilkes, Timothy ^a   Whale, Alexandra ^a   Cowen, Simon ^a   Huggett, Jim ^a   Foy, Carole A ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MicroRNAs; RT qPCR; Short RNA enrichment

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876466682     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114002     Document Type: Article

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