Computational analysis of stochastic heterogeneity in PCR amplification efficiency revealed by single molecule barcoding

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Best, Katharine ^a,b   Oakes, Theres ^a   Heather, James M ^a   Shawe Taylor, John ^b   Chain, Benny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84944342666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14629     Document Type: Article

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