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Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Methods and Protocols

  • Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols in qPCR techniques
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
  • Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 1160)

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Table of contents (17 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Twenty Years of qPCR: A Mature Technology?

    • Alessandro Raso, Roberto Biassoni
    Pages 1-3
  3. Minimum Information Necessary for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments

    • Gemma Johnson, Afif Abdel Nour, Tania Nolan, Jim Huggett, Stephen Bustin
    Pages 5-17
  4. Selection of Reliable Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Analysis

    • Jan Hellemans, Jo Vandesompele
    Pages 19-26
  5. Introduction to Digital PCR

    • Francisco Bizouarn
    Pages 27-41
  6. mRNA and microRNA Purity and Integrity: The Key to Success in Expression Profiling

    • Benedikt Kirchner, Vijay Paul, Irmgard Riedmaier, Michael W. Pfaffl
    Pages 43-53
  7. Mediator Probe PCR: Detection of Real-Time PCR by Label-Free Probes and a Universal Fluorogenic Reporter

    • Simon Wadle, Stefanie Rubenwolf, Michael Lehnert, Bernd Faltin, Manfred Weidmann, Frank Hufert et al.
    Pages 55-73
  8. Absolute Quantification of Viral DNA: The Quest for Perfection

    • Domenico Russo, Mauro Severo Malnati
    Pages 75-86
  9. Real-time Quantification Assay to Monitor BCR-ABL1 Transcripts in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    • Pierre Foskett, Gareth Gerrard, Letizia Foroni
    Pages 115-124
  10. Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Cancer

    • Pamela Pinzani, Francesca Salvianti, Claudio Orlando, Mario Pazzagli
    Pages 133-145
  11. Gene Expression Analysis by qPCR in Clinical Kidney Transplantation

    • Michael Eikmans, Jacqueline D. H. Anholts, Frans H. J. Claas
    Pages 147-163
  12. Posttranscriptional Regulatory Networks: From Expression Profiling to Integrative Analysis of mRNA and MicroRNA Data

    • Swanhild U. Meyer, Katharina Stoecker, Steffen Sass, Fabian J. Theis, Michael W. Pfaffl
    Pages 165-188
  13. Clinical Applications Using Digital PCR

    • Francisco Bizouarn
    Pages 189-214
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-231

About this book

Quantitative Real-Time PCR: Methods and Protocols focuses on different applications of qPCR ranging from microbiological detections (both viral and bacterial) to pathological applications. Several chapters deal with quality issues which regard the quality of starting material, the knowledge of the minimal information required to both perform an assay and to set the experimental plan, while the others focus on translational medicine applications that are ordered following an approximate logical order of their medical application. The last part of the book gives you an idea of an emerging digital PCR technique that is a unique qPCR approach for measuring nucleic acid, particularly suited for low level detection and to develop non-invasive diagnosis. Written for the Methods in Molecular Biology series, most chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, laboratory protocols and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Practical and authoritative, Quantitative Real-Time PCR: Methods and Protocols aims to aid researchers seeking to devise new qPCR-based approaches related to his or her area of investigation.

Reviews

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“The book is a valuable collection of qPCR-related details that cover a wide range of PCR uses. Aimed mainly at researchers (wet lab biologists) with a solid PCR background, the book provides enough details for the novice too, who may find the numerous examples as well as the end notes in each chapter very useful.” (Irina Ioana Mohorianu, zbMATH, Vol. 1295, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratorio Medicina Molecolare, Dipartimento Medicina Traslazionale, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Roberto Biassoni

  • Laboratorio U.O.C Neurochirurgia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Alessandro Raso

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quantitative Real-Time PCR

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols

  • Editors: Roberto Biassoni, Alessandro Raso

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0733-5

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0732-8Published: 17 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4665-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0733-5Published: 16 April 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 231

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Animal Genetics and Genomics, Human Genetics

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