Methods for multiplex template sampling in digital PCR assays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Petriv, Oleh I ^a   Heyries, Kevin A ^a   VanInsberghe, Michael ^a   Walker, David ^a   Hansen, Carl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTIPLEX TEMPLATE SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84901340870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098341     Document Type: Article

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