Real-time PCR

A meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of real-time PCR for diagnosing novel coronavirus infections

C. Lin, Ye, R., and Xia, Y. L., A meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of real-time PCR for diagnosing novel coronavirus infections, vol. 14, pp. 15634-15641, 2015.

Novel coronavirus (nCoV) belongs to the Coronaviridae family, which includes the virus that causes SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. However, infection source, transmission route, and host of nCoV have not yet been thoroughly characterized. In some cases, nCoV presented a limited person-to-person transmission. Therefore, early diagnosis of nCoV may be of importance for reducing the spread of disease in public. Methods for nCoV diagnosis involve smear dyeing inspection, culture identification, and real-time PCR detection, all of which are proved highly effective.

Characterization and expression of the calpastatin gene in Cyprinus carpio

W. X. Chen and Ma, Y., Characterization and expression of the calpastatin gene in Cyprinus carpio, vol. 14, pp. 7406-7416, 2015.

Calpastatin, an important protein used to regulate meat quality traits in animals, is encoded by the CAST gene. The aim of the present study was to clone the cDNA sequence of the CAST gene and detect the expression of CAST in the tissues of Cyprinus carpio. The cDNA of the C. carpio CAST gene, amplified using rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR, is 2834 bp in length (accession No. JX275386), contains a 2634-bp open reading frame, and encodes a protein with 877 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of the C.

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