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Droplet-Based Microfluidics Digital PCR for the Detection of KRAS Mutations

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1547))

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We demonstrate an accurate and sensitive quantification of mutated KRAS oncogene in genomic DNA, using droplet-based microfluidics and digital PCR.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Région Alsace, the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, the Université de Strasbourg, the Université Paris Descartes, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), the Institut National du Cancer (INCa, no. 2009-1-RT-03-US-1) and the Association pour la recherche sur le Cancer (ARC, no. SL220100601375).

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  1. CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, 115 Avenue Schweitzer, F-33600, Pessac, France

    Deniz Pekin

  2. INSERM UMRS1147, CNRS SNC 5014, Université Paris Descartes, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75270, ParisCedex 06, France

    Valerie Taly

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  1. INSERM UMRS1147, CNRS SNC 5014, Université Paris Descartes, Equipe labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le cancer 2016, Paris, France

    Valérie Taly

  2. Macromolecules and Microsystems in Biology and Medicine, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, PSL Research University, UMR 168, Paris, France

    Jean-Louis Viovy

  3. Macromolecules and Microsystems in Biology and Medicine, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, PSL Research University, UMR 168, Paris, France

    Stéphanie Descroix

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Pekin, D., Taly, V. (2017). Droplet-Based Microfluidics Digital PCR for the Detection of KRAS Mutations. In: Taly, V., Viovy, JL., Descroix, S. (eds) Microchip Diagnostics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1547. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6734-6_12

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