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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023

Gene Expression Quantification from Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms by Quantitative PCR.

Angela França, Nuno Cerca

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Ecology ofBiofilm · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Angela FrançaLIBRO-Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. afranca@ceb.uminho.pt.
Nuno CercaLIBRO-Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is one of the most used techniques to quantify gene expression in bacterial biofilms due to its easiness, sensitivity, and robustness. However, several practical aspects need to be considered to obtain accurate and reliable results. Here, we describe a detailed and optimized protocol to quantify mRNA transcripts from bacterial biofilms using qPCR, including pieces of advice to improve RNA quality, which ultimately increases the accuracy, consistency, and relevance of gene expression data.

Indexed as

BiofilmsRNAGene ExpressionPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerRNARNA, MessengerBacteriaBiofilmsComplementary DNA synthesisDNase treatmentqPCRRNA isolationRNA qualitySample collection

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PMID37608108

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