The ubiquity of quantitative PCR (qPCR) for interrogating gene expression in a variety of research and clinical contexts makes it an indispensable laboratory tool. Among the most critical variables ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is a molecular technique that has reshaped the landscape of biological research and medicine due to ...

qPCR analysis of evolution for concentrations (copy g–1) of (a) 16S rRNA gene and (b) dsrB in concrete biofilms. Panel (c) is the α diversity of biofilm communities at the species level ...

Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) was, much less its role in viral and bacterial disease detection.