Nucleic Acids Research, 2001, Vol. 29, No. 9 e45
© 2001 Oxford University Press
A new mathematical model for relative quantification in real-time RT–PCR
Institute of Physiology, FML-Weihenstephan, Center of Life and Food Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Use of the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify cDNA products reverse transcribed from mRNA is on the way to becoming a routine tool in molecular biology to study low abundance gene expression. Real-time PCR is easy to perform, provides the necessary accuracy and produces reliable as well as rapid quantification results. But accurate quantification of nucleic acids requires a reproducible methodology and an adequate mathematical model for data analysis. This study enters into the particular topics of the relative quantification in real-time RT–PCR of a target gene transcript in comparison to a reference gene transcript. Therefore, a new mathematical model is presented. The relative expression ratio is calculated only from the real-time PCR efficiencies and the crossing point deviation of an unknown sample versus a control. This model needs no calibration curve. Control levels were included in the model to standardise each reaction run with respect to RNA integrity, sample loading and inter-PCR variations. High accuracy and reproducibility (<2.5% variation) were reached in LightCycler PCR using the established mathematical model.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed at present address: Institut für Physiologie, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Weihenstephan, Germany. Tel: +49 8161 71 3511; Fax: +49 8161 71 4204; Email: pfaffl{at}weihenstephan.de
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