Quantitative Methylation-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction

**Semantic type:** Laboratory Procedure

**Definition:** A modified polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in which bisulphite-converted methylated DNA target sequences are amplified in the presence of an excess of unmethylated counterpart sequences.

**Synonyms:** - QUANTITATIVE METHYLATION-SPECIFIC PCR - qMSP - qMSP