Applicability of RNA standards for evaluating RT-qPCR assays and platforms
Open Access
- 18 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Genomics
- Vol. 12 (1), 1-10
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-118
Abstract
The availability of diverse RT-qPCR assay formats and technologies hinder comparability of data between platforms. Reference standards to facilitate platform evaluation and comparability are needed. We have explored using universal RNA standards for comparing the performance of a novel qPCR platform (Fluidigm® BioMark™) against the widely used ABI 7900HT system. Our results show that such standards may form part of a toolkit to evaluate the key performance characteristics of platforms.Keywords
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