Amplification process efficiency

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Amplification assays can produce both qualitative answers (yes/no, more or less abundant than reference materials) and quantitative answers (the original concentration of target sequence in the sample). In order to use the amplification process for quantitative assessments, many variables need to be carefully controlled. Variations in extraction efficiency, presence of enzyme inhibitors, lot-to-lot variation in enzyme and reagent performance, and day-to-day variation in reaction and detection conditions need to be addressed in methods that attempt to yield a quantitative result. 

Depending on the food matrix, multiplex DNA can show some discrepancies in the detection of different allergenic targets, due to differential efficiency of the amplification process. This issue has been shown in the case of the determination of the hazelnut allergen isoforms Cor a 1.03 and Cor a 1.04 in some matrices, including dark chocolate, soy milk, lecithin supplement, and snack muesli (Bettazzi et al., 2008). For this reason, multiplex assays must be evaluated carefully during and after development, to reduce inconsistent results. 

The temporal and spectral characteristics and lasing efficiency observed for 4-ammo-7-phenyl-8//-pyrazine[2,3-c]-[l,2,6]thiadiazine 2,2-dioxide 93 in acetonitrile was reproduced in a model developed to describe the amplification process of radiation in dye solutions of molecular acid-base related species. It appeared that the acid-base processes did not introduce losses during the amplification events, but redistributed the excitation energy <1995OQE1027>. 

Since there is no PCR-like signal amplification process for proteins or peptides, there must be efficient sample preconcentration... 

The post-PCR primer extension reaction targets the nucleotide difference between the internal standard and the cDNA, and generates two specific products that resemble the same reaction performed for aUele-ffequency determination. Analysis of the peak areas allows not only for a relative comparison of cDNA amount versus internal standard, but also for an absolute quantification, as the concentration of the internal standard is known. The use of an internal standard with the same sequence as the target sequence alleviates common issues related to quantification. Due to the same PCR amplification efficiency, the process is PCR-cycle-independent, and real-time monitoring of the amplification process becomes obsolete, as it will impact on both the internal standard and the cDNA in the same way. 

Since there is no PCR-like signal amplification process for proteins or peptides, there must be efficient sample pre-concentration steps in the overall process. The low-abundance molecules could be efficiently separated, but in order to cover several-order-of-magnitude concentration ranges, one needs to concentrate these purified dilute, low-abundance species into higher concentration. 

In the exponential phase, the number of DNA copies increases exponentially under ideal reaction conditions. As the reaction cycles continue to increase, reagents are used and the efficiency of template amplification decreases. Amplification fails to occur in an exponential way, and the PCR enters into the plateau stage. Since it is the C, value that wiU be used for analyses, log-Unear and plateau data serve as little more than confirmation that the amplification process proceeded in a standard way. 

The detection of spectral sensitizing action often depends on amplification methods such as photographic or electrophotographic development or, alternatively, on chemical or biochemical detection of reaction products. Separation of the photosensitization reaction from the detection step or the chemical reaction allows selection of the most effective spectral sensitizers. Prime considerations for spectral sensitizing dyes include the range of wavelengths needed for sensitization and the absolute efficiency of the spectrally sensitized process. Because both sensitization wavelength and efficiency are important, optimum sensitizers vary considerably in their stmctures and properties. 

These reference genes demonstrate that the DNA isolated was of sufficient quality and quantity for PCR amplification. It is assumed that in the course of food processing, the species-specific reference gene and the transgene are degraded in a similar manner. It is also assumed that effects of the matrix on PCR amplification will be similar. The reduced amplification efficiency of both genes presumably has no effect on the ratio of their amounts, which reflects the ratio of modified and unmodified DNA. 

The total amplification achieved by PCR is described by the expression, (1 + )", where E is the average per-cycle efficiency and n is the total number of cycles. The amount of target sequence and the variable presence of inhibitors in clinical specimens influence both the efficiency and the kinetics of amplification. As seen in the preceding expression, small differences in the efficiency of amplification are exponentially compounded and lead to very large and unpredictable differences in product yield. The situation is even more complicated when the target is RNA. PCR must be preceded by reverse transcription to produce complementary DNA (cDNA), and the efficiency of this process is another variable that may influence product yield. 

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