Measuring digital PCR quality: Performance parameters and their optimization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Lievens, A ^a   Jacchia, S ^a   Kagkli, D ^a   Savini, C ^a   Querci, M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

PLANT DNA;

DNA, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84987753595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153317     Document Type: Article

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