Digital PCR

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Molecular biology technique
gptkbp:advantage High sensitivity
Absolute quantification
No need for standard curves
gptkbp:alternativeTo gptkb:Quantitative_PCR
gptkbp:analyzes gptkb:gene
gptkbp:application Environmental monitoring
Oncology
Prenatal testing
Food safety testing
Infectious disease diagnostics
gptkbp:commercialUse gptkb:Thermo_Fisher_Scientific
gptkb:Bio-Rad_Laboratories
Stilla Technologies
gptkbp:detects Fluorescence
gptkbp:developedBy 1990s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Digital PCR
gptkbp:inventedBy Stephen A. Fodor
gptkbp:limitation Higher cost
Requires specialized equipment
Lower throughput than qPCR
gptkbp:partitionMethod gptkb:Droplet
Microfluidic chamber
gptkbp:principle End-point PCR detection
Partitioning sample into many individual reactions
gptkbp:publishedIn Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW. Digital PCR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Polymerase_chain_reaction
gptkb:Real-time_PCR
gptkbp:usedFor Gene expression analysis
Copy number variation analysis
DNA quantification
Rare mutation detection
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Droplet_Digital_PCR
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8