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. 2006 Oct;188(19):6739–6756. doi: 10.1128/JB.00609-06

TABLE 6.

Comparison of real-time PCR- and GeneChip-based mRNA half-life determinations

Assay mRNA half-life (min)
Cold shock
Heat shock
Stringent response
SOS response
srtA cspB clpC ctsR sarR norA recA uvrB
GeneChip microarray 15-30 ≥30 ≥30 ≥30 15-30 ≥30 ≤2.5 ≤2.5
Real-time PCR 30 30 15 15-30 15 15-30 2.5 2.5