Figure 3. Analytical Performance of the ACTB/SHOX2/SEPT9 Triplex Assay.

Bisulfite-specific and methylation-specific quantitative real-time PCR analysis of mixtures of bisulfite-converted artificially methylated DNA and unmethylated DNA from sperm. The ACTB/SHOX2/SEPT9 assay amplifies bisulfite-converted methylated SHOX2 and SEPT9 gene copies and total bisulfite-converted DNA using an ACTB amplicon. Shown are mean values (± standard deviation) of triplicate measurements.