real time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay
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An assay that uses a reverse transcription step (an RNA strand is reverse transcribed into its DNA complement using the enzyme reverse transcriptase) before a PCR assay.
Term info
Label
real time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay
alternative term
RRT-PCR, qRT-PCR, RT-rt PCR
editor preferred term
real time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120
term editor
Bjoern Peters, Melanie Courtot