Guideline to reference gene selection for quantitative real-time PCR

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 856-862

  Radonić, Aleksandar ^a   Thulke, Stefanie ^a   Mackay, Ian M ^b   Landt, Olfert ^d   Siegert, Wolfgang ^a   Nitsche, Andreas ^a,c,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d TIB MOLBIOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Housekeeping genes; Quantitative real time RCR; Reference genes; RNA polymerase II; Transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

IONOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346728757     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.177     Document Type: Article

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