Variability of the Reverse Transcription Step: Practical Implications
Author(s) -
Stephen A. Bustin,
Harvinder S. Dhillon,
Sara Kirvell,
Christina Greenwood,
Michael Parker,
Gregory L. Shipley,
Tania Nolan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2014.230615
Subject(s) - reverse transcriptase , complementary dna , rna , real time polymerase chain reaction , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , messenger rna , biology , computational biology , reproducibility , microbiology and biotechnology , transcription (linguistics) , chemistry , genetics , gene , chromatography , linguistics , philosophy
The reverse transcription (RT) of RNA to cDNA is a necessary first step for numerous research and molecular diagnostic applications. Although RT efficiency is known to be variable, little attention has been paid to the practical implications of that variability.
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