Determination of stable housekeeping genes, differentially regulated target genes and sample integrity: BestKeeper - Excel-based tool using pair-wise correlations

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-515

  Pfaffl, Michael W ^a   Tichopad, Ales ^a   Prgomet, Christian ^a   Neuvians, Tanja P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

actin; Housekeeping gene; PCR normalisation; RT PCR; Somatotropic axis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOFTWARE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 1842483281     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000019559.84305.47     Document Type: Article

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