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A simple quantitative measurement of mRNA of human beta-actin by reverse transcription competitive PCR with a compact
1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo Unviersity, Nagoya, Japan.
Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
|October 23, 1997
Abstract:
Reverse transcription (RT) competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a sensitive and useful technique for the absolute quantitation of mRNA level. We developed a competitive PCR method with a compact digital camera DC 40 (Eastman Kodak Company, NY, U.S.A.) for the measurement of human beta-actin cDNA (mRNA), a reference gene in an analysis for target gene expression. The devised method, compared with currently used methods, was easy, safe, sensitive, and highly reproducible to assay an infinitesimal level of cDNA (mRNA).

