Advantages of using the QIAshredder instead of restriction digestion to prepare DNA for droplet digital PCR

BioTechniques

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 194-196

  Yukl, Steven A ^a,b   Kaiser, Philipp ^a,b   Kim, Peggy ^b   Li, Peilin ^a,b   Wong, Joseph K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BsaJI; Digital PCR; DNA; Droplet Digital PCR; QIAshredder; Restriction enzyme; RsaI

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QIASHREDDER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION DIGESTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISCOSITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84898461577     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114159     Document Type: Article

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