NIST Mixed Stain Study 3: DNA quantitation accuracy and its influence on short tandem repeat multiplex signal intensity.
The Mixed Stain Study 3 (MSS3) interlaboratory challenge exercise evaluated the 2001 performance of STR multiplex DNA typing systems using a set of seven DNA extracts of designed concentration and composition. This initial report focuses on the linkages connecting the measurement of the concentration of DNA ([DNA]) to the observed STR multiplex signal intensities. There is a causal relationship between [DNA] measurement accuracy and the efficiency of STR multiplex analysis. There are no intrinsic measurement performance differences among the [DNA] measurement technologies reported. However, there are large differences in the efficiencies of amplification, separation, and detection among participants using the same nominal measurement systems.
Kline
Margaret C
MC
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
Duewer
David L
DL
Redman
Janette W
JW
Butler
John M
JM
D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
D004247:DNA