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+[[!meta title="Quantification of mRNA in single cells and modelling of RT-qPCR induced noise."]]
+[[!tag single_cell PCR noise reverse_transcription]]
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+Bengtsson M, Hemberg M, Rorsman P, Ståhlberg A.
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+BMC Mol Biol. 2008 Jul 17;9:63.
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+Quantification of mRNA in single cells and modelling of RT-qPCR induced noise.
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+[[!pmid 18631407 desc="PCR noise is much smaller than biological noise for transcripts more abundant than 100 mRNA or 20 cDNA copies. Reverse-transcription is possible in 40 mM guanidine thiocyanate. Reported RT efficiencies vary between 99 and 2 %"]]