Table 2

Effect of standard curve selection on E6, E2 and HMBS gene copy number calculations.

E6
Correlation Coefficient (R2)
Primer Efficiency (E)
Number of molecules at threshold (Nt)
E6 gene copy numbers over a range of theoretical crossing points






10
15
20
25
30

Final calibration curve for E6
0.9963
95.01%
3.3806E+11
4.25E+08
1.51E+07
5.34E+05
1.89E+04
6.72E+02

Replicate 1
0.9988
87.79%
1.43162E+11
2.62E+08
1.12E+07
4.81E+05
2.06E+04
8.82E+02
Replicate 2
0.9909
101.86%
5.85431E+11
5.21E+08
1.56E+07
4.64E+05
1.39E+04
4.13E+02
Replicate 3
0.9982
96.56%
3.68007E+11
4.28E+08
1.46E+07
4.97E+05
1.69E+04
5.77E+02
Replicate 4
0.9973
93.84%
2.55641E+11
3.41E+08
1.25E+07
4.56E+05
1.67E+04
6.09E+02




Coefficient of variation of replicates
28.72%
14.58%
3.83%
16.27%
31.32%



Mean copy number of replicates
3.88E+08
1.35E+07
4.74E+05
1.70E+04
6.20E+02









E2
Correlation Coefficient (R2)
Primer Efficiency (E)
Number of molecules at threshold (Nt)
E2 gene copy numbers over a range of theoretical crossing points






10
15
20
25
30

Final calibration curve for E2
0.9945
90.86%
2.42762E+11
3.79E+08
1.49E+07
5.90E+05
2.33E+04
9.02E+02

Replicate 1
0.9887
88.55%
1.92376E+11
3.39E+08
1.42E+07
5.96E+05
2.50E+04
0.9887
Replicate 2
0.9945
93.10%
2.8539E+11
3.96E+08
1.48E+07
5.49E+05
2.05E+04
0.9945
Replicate 3
0.9973
92.70%
3.11657E+11
4.41E+08
1.66E+07
6.25E+05
2.35E+04
0.9973
Replicate 4
0.9976
89.07%
1.81623E+11
3.11E+08
1.29E+07
5.33E+05
2.21E+04
0.9976




Coefficient of variation of replicates
15.69%
10.60%
7.36%
8.57%
13.06%



Mean copy number of replicates
3.72E+08
1.46E+07
5.76E+05
2.28E+04
9.02E+02









HMBS
Correlation Coefficient (R2)
Primer Efficiency (E)
Number of molecules at threshold (Nt)
HMBS gene copy numbers over a range of theoretical crossing points






10
15
20
25
30

Final calibration curve for HMBS
0.9970
91.05%
2.28115E+11
3.52E+08
1.38E+07
5.44E+05
2.14E+04
8.40E+02

Replicate 1
0.9951
89.10%
1.333E+11
2.28E+08
9.43E+06
3.90E+05
1.61E+04
6.67E+02
Replicate 2
0.9985
95.39%
3.52583E+11
4.35E+08
1.53E+07
5.36E+05
1.88E+04
6.60E+02
Replicate 3
0.9990
90.43%
2.4809E+11
3.96E+08
1.58E+07
6.31E+05
2.52E+04
1.01E+03
Replicate 4
0.9953
89.26%
1.78485E+11
3.03E+08
1.25E+07
5.13E+05
2.11E+04
8.71E+02




Coefficient of variation of replicates
27.36%
22.14%
19.17%
18.93%
20.99%



Mean copy number of replicates
3.40E+08
1.32E+07
5.18E+05
2.03E+04
8.01E+02

In the main part of each section the rows represent the values for the final calibration curve and for the four replicate qPCR runs of the 7 point NA6 titration series, from which the final curve was generated. The right-hand five columns give the gene copy numbers determined from each curve at theoretical crossing points ranging from 10 to 30. In the bottom part of each section the numbers represent the coefficient of variation in mean copy number determined between the four replicate qPCR runs, together with the mean copy number determined from replicates 1 – 4 at each Cp.

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