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real time polymerase chain reaction assay

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An assay, based on the PCR, that amplifies and simultaneously quantifies a specific DNA molecule based on the use of complementary probes/primers. It enables both detection and quantification (as absolute number of copies or relative amount when normalized to DNA input or additional normalizing genes) of one or more specific sequences in a DNA sample.

Term info

Label

real time polymerase chain reaction assay

alternative term

kinetic polymerase chain reaction, Q-PCR, qPCR, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

definition source

url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_polymerase_chain_reaction

editor preferred term

real time polymerase chain reaction assay

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

term editor

Bjoern Peters, Melanie Courtot