--- author: Sam White toc-title: Contents toc-depth: 5 toc-location: left date: 2009-06-11 01:47:53+00:00 layout: post slug: qpcr-re-dnased-abalone-dg-rna-from-earlier-today-2 title: qPCR - Re-DNased abalone Dg RNA from earlier today categories: - 2009 - Miscellaneous tags: - 16s - black abalone - Dg - digestive gland - DNased RNA - Haliotis cracherodii - Immomix - Opticon2 - qPCR - SYTO13 --- This is a repeat of the previous qPCR from earlier today, BUT I think I might have used the wrong primers in the earlier qPCR (see below). Set up qPCR with the correct (I'm 100% sure of this) primers. [Plate layout/workup is here](https://genefishttp://eagle.fish.washington.edu/Arabidopsis/Notebook%20Workup%20Files/20090610-02.jpg). Results: Well, in retrospect it looks like I DID use the correct primers earlier! However, the problem is the same. But, the melting curves in the H2O-only samples don't seem to be the same as what is being seen in the RNA samples, suggesting that the signal in the H2O-only samples are likely primer dimers (melting curve peaks are shifted to the left and are VERY low signals; barely above background). So, what to do now? Mac has a mad ea suggestion to spike some water with gDNA and DNase treat the sample to assess whether or not the Dase treatment is actually working or not. I think I'll do this.