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. 2010 Jan 25;10:23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-23

Table 2.

Estimation of gene copy number of antimicrobial effectors and non immune gene by real time PCR

gene Sample Primer efficiency (E) Calculated copy number Estimated copy number
Mean1 SD Mean2 SD

Cg-bpi pDNA 2.01 ± 0.006
gDNA 2.06 ± 0.060 0.95 ± 0.10 1

Cg-prp pDNA 1.99 ± 0.008
gDNA 2.03 ± 0.040 12.59 ± 0.99 11 - 13

Cg-defs pDNA 2.02 ± 0.004
gDNA 2.03 ± 0.010 47.46 ± 6.4 3 41 - 53

Cg-actin pDNA 1.99 ± 0.030
gDNA 2.07 ± 0.040 168.04 ± 10. 4 156 - 176

gDNA: genomic DNA from C. gigas

pDNA: plasmid DNA used as standard

1 Mean of primer efficiency (E = 10-slope) from three technical replicates

2 Mean of three biological replicates

SD: standard deviation