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qPCR

qPCR

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Noun

qPCR (plural qPCRs)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
    • 1991 October 1, Yongwon Choi, “A Method for Production of Antibodies to Human T-Cell Receptor β-Chain Variable Regions”, in PNAS, volume 88, number 19, page 8357:
      Similar experiments in humans have been hampered because so far very few anti-human Vβ (hVβ) monoclonal antibodies are available, although some important data have been generated with a labor-intensive quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR).
    • 2014, Luis M. Botana, Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection, Third Edition:
      Quantitative or Real-Time PCR Real-time PCR, also called qPCR, is known as the second generation of PCR because it could be used to amplify and simultaneously quantify several target DNA molecules.
    • 2014, Harald Seitz, Molecular Diagnostics, page 61:
      This cheap and simple chemistry is optimal for single plex qPCRs. For multiplex qPCRs, specific chemistries which make use of probes are required.