Table 1

Amplification factors
tot RNA starting amount [ng]
 Repetitions
 Range of amplified RNA [μg]
 Average amount of amplified RNA [μg]
 Range of amplification factors
 Average amplification factor*
100–200
 14
 1–4.4
 2.49
 200–560
 368
1,000–3,200
 16
 12–36
 22
 150–500
 253

* calculated under the assumption that 5% of total RNA corresponds to poly (A)+ RNA

Schneider et al. BMC Genomics 2004 5:29   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-5-29