Questions pertaining to the synthesis of DNA from RNA.

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Reverse transcription PCR optimization

What is the ideal amount of RNA to use for the RT? and how much cDNA to use then for the PCR? I did RT with a solution of RNA of 0.36 ug/ul. Then for my PCR I used 1 ul of the cDNA obtained and used ...
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Is there a Reverse Transcription optimization for long, 9kb, transcripts?

Has anyone optimized RT for long transcripts (9kb)? The downstream application will be PCR amplification and Illumina library prep. It will be trivial to make internal primers sets for the PCR that ...
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qrt-pcr and short fragments

I plan to measure the effects of Tenofovir a Nucleotide analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitors useing qrt-pcr with HIV-RT as the rt enzyme. Tenofovir causes early termination of the reverse ...