Real-time stability testing of air-dried primers and fluorogenic hydrolysis probes stabilized by trehalose and xanthan

BioTechniques

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 151-155

  Rombach, Markus ^a,b   Kosse, Dominique ^a   Faltin, Bernd ^b   Wadle, Simon ^b   Roth, Günte ^a,b   Zengerle, Roland ^a,b   von Stetten, Felix ^a,b  

^a HSG IMIT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air drying; Preservation; Primer; Probe; Stability testing; Trehalose; Xanthan

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; TREHALOSE; XANTHAN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXCIPIENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRESERVATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DNA PRIMERS; EXCIPIENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROLYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREHALOSE;

EID: 84929517381     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114207     Document Type: Article

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