Relative quantification in seed GMO analysis: State of art and bottlenecks

Transgenic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-476

  Chaouachi, Maher ^a   Bérard, Aurélie ^b   Saïd, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibrator; Certified reference material; Genetically modified organism; Plasmid; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CALIBRATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS;

EID: 84877768357     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9684-1     Document Type: Review

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