Assessment of the real-time PCR and different digital PCR platforms for DNA quantification

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-121

  Pavšič, Jernej ^a,b   Žel, Jana ^a   Milavec, Mojca ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Digital PCR; DNA quantification; Human cytomegalovirus; Molecular diagnostics; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DIGITAL PCR; DNA QUANTIFICATION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; REAL-TIME PCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

VIRUS DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICES; GENETICS; HUMAN; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84955170622     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-9107-2     Document Type: Article

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