Comparison between Real-Time PCR and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis for DNA Quantification
Author(s) -
MiKyung Lee,
Hye-Ryoun Kim
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2234-3814
pISSN - 2234-3806
DOI - 10.3343/kjlm.2006.26.3.217
Subject(s) - ethidium bromide , agarose , agarose gel electrophoresis , real time polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , polymerase chain reaction , gel electrophoresis , chromatography , electrophoresis , molecular weight size marker , primer dimer , gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids , polymerase chain reaction optimization , biology , chemistry , dna , gel electrophoresis of proteins , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , gene , genetics , biochemistry , enzyme
Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is generally regarded as a very accurate and time-saving method, but it is expensive to run. We evaluated the reliability of an inexpensive and a researcher-friendly gel electrophoresis-based PCR method for the quantification of mRNA, and the results were compared with those obtained by real-time PCR.
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