MAKERGAUL: An innovative MAK2-based model and software for real-time PCR quantification

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 117-122

  Bultmann, Christoph André ^a   Weiskirchen, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer based analysis; DNA quantification; Expression analysis; MAK2; MAKERGAUL; MIQE; Open source software; QPCR

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; KINETICS; MASS ACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; WEB BROWSER;

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT; COMPUTER-BASED ANALYSIS; CPU; DNA QUANTIFICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DSDNA; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; MAK2; MAKERGAUL; MIQE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RT;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84890564625     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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