Picoinjection Enables Digital Detection of RNA with Droplet RT-PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Eastburn, Dennis J ^a   Sciambi, Adam ^a   Abate, Adam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INJECTION; PICOINJECTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876824012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062961     Document Type: Article

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