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qPCR to Detect RNA Viruses 199<br />

Fig. 1. Construction of a competitive PCR template. Figure modified from ref. 12.<br />

2. Materials<br />

Unless stated, all chemicals are supplied by Sigma (Poole, UK), or Merck. All stock<br />

solutions up to and including the PCR step should be made using RNA free water.<br />

2.1. Reverse Transcription (see Note 1)<br />

1. dNTPs (1 mM; Pharmacia).<br />

2. Anti-Sense primer (100 ng/µL).<br />

3. RNasin (20–40 units/µL; Promega, Southampton, UK).<br />

4. Reverse transcriptase (RT) and 10× buffer, for example, AMV (Promega).<br />

5. Dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO).<br />

6. Thermocycler (Hybaid, Teddington, UK).

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