Utility of the housekeeping genes 18S rRNA, β-actin and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase for normalization in real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis of gene expression in human T lymphocytes

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 566-573

  Bas, A ^a   Forsberg, G ^a   Hammarstrom S ^a   Hammarstrom M L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ACTINS; AGED; CELL COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 2942700135     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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