Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37512513›Full record

ArticleMetabolites2023

Real-Time Quantitative PCR: Primer Design, Reference Gene Selection, Calculations and Statistics.

Zhiwei Chen, Nigel G Halford, Chenghong Liu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Metabolites, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomeAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zhiwei ChenShanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0478-4880
Nigel G HalfordRothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, Hertfordshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6488-2530
Chenghong LiuShanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P016855/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-time quantitative PCR is a technique that can measure the content of the target nucleic acid sequence of interest in a given sample. It is mainly divided into absolute and relative quantitative methods. The relative quantification is mainly used in gene expressions for functional genomic and transcriptome studies. However, to use this technology accurately, there are some key points to master. First, specific primers need to be designed to ensure amplification of the gene of interest (GOI). Second, the appropriate reference gene or reference gene combination has to be selected. Finally, scientific gene expression level calculations and statistics are required to obtain accurate results. Therefore, this work proposes a workflow for relative quantitative PCR and introduces the relevant points so that beginners can better understand and use this technology.

Indexed as

normalized relative quantityPCR efficiencyquantitative real-time PCRrelative gene expression

Identifiers

PMID37512513
PMCPMC10384377

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.