Table 9

Illustration of a nomenclature system

Reagent
Nomenclature
Legend

RNA Transcript
ERCC-nnnnn-vv
nnnnn = unique 5-digit sequence number
vv = 2 digit version number
PCR primer/probe microarray probe
ERCC-nnnnn-vv- pppp-lll-aaa
pppp = 4-digit positional location relative to the 0th base at the 5' end of the transcript sequence
lll = primer/probe length
aaa = nucleic acid sequence of the initial triplet of the primer/probe (complement of the RNA sequence at pppp, pppp+1, pppp+2)

External RNA Controls Consortium BMC Genomics 2005 6:150   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-6-150