Talk:Real-time PCR: Difference between revisions
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*'''[[User:Reshma P. Shetty|Reshma]] 15:37, 9 October 2007 (CDT)''': I think it might be worth distinguishing between the different variants of quantitative PCR. You're right that Q-PCR is normally preceded by reverse transcription and that normally when people talk about Q-PCR, they mean real time PCR. But neither of these has to be the case. So it might be worth making the Q-PCR page discuss all the variants so that people can understand what each variant does. | *'''[[User:Reshma P. Shetty|Reshma]] 15:37, 9 October 2007 (CDT)''': I think it might be worth distinguishing between the different variants of quantitative PCR. You're right that Q-PCR is normally preceded by reverse transcription and that normally when people talk about Q-PCR, they mean real time PCR. But neither of these has to be the case. So it might be worth making the Q-PCR page discuss all the variants so that people can understand what each variant does. | ||
*'''[[User:Reshma P. Shetty|Reshma]] 16:20, 9 October 2007 (CDT)''': I moved some pages around. See [[PCR techniques]] for the complete list. | |||
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[[Image:Sunflower thanks.png]] Mille grazie a Mile. Vielen Dank an Sandra. Thanks for getting me started with Q-PCR. [[User:Jasu|Jasu]] 10:37, 26 March 2007 (EDT) | [[Image:Sunflower thanks.png]] Mille grazie a Mile. Vielen Dank an Sandra. Thanks for getting me started with Q-PCR. [[User:Jasu|Jasu]] 10:37, 26 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 9 October 2007
The Babel effect
There are several names for this technique. I chose Q-PCR because:
- it's short (compare: quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR = QRT-PCR or RT-RT-PCR)
- it indicates what this technique is about: quantification (would you know what the technique is for if you had never heard about it and just read the term "real time PCR"?)
Q-PCR with previous reverse transcription could be put separately but since Q-PCR is usually preceeded by RT, I thought it best to keep things together here. Jasu 13:47, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
- Reshma 15:37, 9 October 2007 (CDT): I think it might be worth distinguishing between the different variants of quantitative PCR. You're right that Q-PCR is normally preceded by reverse transcription and that normally when people talk about Q-PCR, they mean real time PCR. But neither of these has to be the case. So it might be worth making the Q-PCR page discuss all the variants so that people can understand what each variant does.
- Reshma 16:20, 9 October 2007 (CDT): I moved some pages around. See PCR techniques for the complete list.
Thanks
Mille grazie a Mile. Vielen Dank an Sandra. Thanks for getting me started with Q-PCR. Jasu 10:37, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
