Abstract:Positive control (or standard) is an indispensable ingredient in molecular biology assays widely used for the quantification of nucleic acid. The commonly used standards are plasmid DNA, cDNA, or naked RNA, which are unstable and easily degraded by nucleases in the surrounding environment; this might affect the accuracy of quantitative results. In this study, the authors designed and created a positive control for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) quantification based on armored RNA technology. T… Show more
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