Category:ECO:0000231 ! quantitative polymerase chain reaction evidence

name: quantitative polymerase chain reaction evidence
def: "A polymerase chain reaction experiment where the reaction product is quantified in real-time across cycles by means of fluorescent dyes." [ECO:MCC]
synonym: "Q-PCR evidence" EXACT []
synonym: "qRT-PCR evidence" EXACT []
synonym: "quantitative PCR evidence" EXACT []
synonym: "real-time PCR evidence" EXACT []
synonym: "real-time polymerase chain reaction evidence" EXACT []
is_a: ECO:0000082 ! polymerase chain reaction evidence
comment: Quantitative PCR 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.