Toolkit/TaqMan probe

TaqMan probe

Assay Method·Research·Since 1996

Also known as: dual-labeled fluorogenic probe

Taxonomy: Technique Branch / Method. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.

Summary

The method measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe (i.e., TaqMan Probe).

Usefulness & Problems

Why this is useful

The TaqMan probe is the dual-labeled fluorogenic probe used to measure PCR product accumulation in the reported real-time quantitative PCR method.; measuring PCR product accumulation during real-time quantitative PCR

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The TaqMan probe is the dual-labeled fluorogenic probe used to measure PCR product accumulation in the reported real-time quantitative PCR method.

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measuring PCR product accumulation during real-time quantitative PCR

Problem solved

It provides the signal readout that allows PCR product accumulation to be monitored during the assay.; enables fluorescence-based monitoring of PCR product accumulation

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It provides the signal readout that allows PCR product accumulation to be monitored during the assay.

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enables fluorescence-based monitoring of PCR product accumulation

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enables fluorescence-based monitoring of PCR product accumulation

Literature

It provides the signal readout that allows PCR product accumulation to be monitored during the assay.

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It provides the signal readout that allows PCR product accumulation to be monitored during the assay.

Taxonomy & Function

Primary hierarchy

Technique Branch

Method: A concrete measurement method used to characterize an engineered system.

Target processes

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Implementation Constraints

cofactor dependency: cofactor requirement unknownencoding mode: genetically encodedimplementation constraint: context specific validationoperating role: sensor

It requires incorporation into the PCR assay as the fluorogenic detection component.; must be used as a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe within the PCR assay

Independent follow-up evidence is still limited. Validation breadth across biological contexts is still narrow. Independent reuse still looks limited, so the evidence base may be fragile. No canonical validation observations are stored yet, so context-specific performance remains under-specified.

Validation

Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication

Supporting Sources

Ranked Claims

Claim 1comparative advantagesupports1996Source 1needs review

Compared with other quantitative PCR methods, real-time PCR does not require post-PCR sample handling, which helps prevent PCR product carry-over contamination and makes assays faster and higher throughput.

Unlike other quantitative PCR methods, real-time PCR does not require post-PCR sample handling, preventing potential PCR product carry-over contamination and resulting in much faster and higher throughput assays.
Claim 2comparative advantagesupports1996Source 1needs review

Real-time quantitative PCR is extremely accurate and less labor-intensive than current quantitative PCR methods.

Real-time quantitative PCR is extremely accurate and less labor-intensive than current quantitative PCR methods.
Claim 3dynamic rangesupports1996Source 1needs review

Real-time quantitative PCR has a dynamic range for starting target molecule determination of at least five orders of magnitude.

The real-time PCR method has a very large dynamic range of starting target molecule determination (at least five orders of magnitude).
dynamic range 5 orders_of_magnitude
Claim 4mechanismsupports1996Source 1needs review

Real-time quantitative PCR measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe identified as the TaqMan probe.

The method measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe (i.e., TaqMan Probe).
Claim 5method introductionsupports1996Source 1needs review

The paper introduces a novel real-time quantitative PCR method.

We have developed a novel "real time" quantitative PCR method.
Claim 6performancesupports1996Source 1needs review

The real-time quantitative PCR method provides very accurate and reproducible quantitation of gene copies.

This method provides very accurate and reproducible quantitation of gene copies.
accuracy very accuratereproducibility reproducible

Approval Evidence

1 source1 linked approval claimfirst-pass slug taqman-probe
The method measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe (i.e., TaqMan Probe).

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mechanismsupports

Real-time quantitative PCR measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe identified as the TaqMan probe.

The method measures PCR product accumulation through a dual-labeled fluorogenic probe (i.e., TaqMan Probe).

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Comparisons

Source-backed strengths

Unlike other quantitative PCR methods, real-time PCR does not require post-PCR sample handling, preventing potential PCR product carry-over contamination and resulting in much faster and higher throughput assays. Real-time quantitative PCR is extremely accurate and less labor-intensive than current quantitative PCR methods. This method provides very accurate and reproducible quantitation of gene copies.

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Unlike other quantitative PCR methods, real-time PCR does not require post-PCR sample handling, preventing potential PCR product carry-over contamination and resulting in much faster and higher throughput assays.

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Real-time quantitative PCR is extremely accurate and less labor-intensive than current quantitative PCR methods.

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This method provides very accurate and reproducible quantitation of gene copies.

TaqMan probe and Langendorff perfused heart electrical recordings address a similar problem space.

Shared frame: same top-level item type

Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.

TaqMan probe and native green gel system address a similar problem space.

Shared frame: same top-level item type

Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.

TaqMan probe and sub-picosecond pump-probe analysis of bacteriorhodopsin pigments address a similar problem space.

Shared frame: same top-level item type

Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.

Ranked Citations

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    StructuralSource 1Genome Research1996Claim 1Claim 2Claim 3

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