Altered PCA3 and TMPRSS2-ERG expression in histologically benign regions of cancerous prostates: a systematic, quantitative mRNA analysis in five prostates

Table 2 Dilutions of external DNA standards used in the real-time PCR assays

	Range (molecules per mL of template)
Target RNA	Lowest concentration	Highest concentration	Total number of points on standard curve
KLK3	2.5 × 10³	2 × 10¹¹	8
PCA3	1.3 × 10³	2.5 × 10¹¹	7
TMPRSS2-ERG III	5 × 10³	5 × 10⁷	4
TMPRSS2-ERG VI	2 × 10⁴	2 × 10⁸	4

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