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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