Development and evaluation of different normalization strategies for gene expression studies in Candida albicans biofilms by real-time PCR

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nailis, Heleen ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a   Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip ^a   Deforce, Dieter ^a   Nelis, Hans J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE 1; AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE 3; BETA ACTIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CYTOSOLIC RIBOSOMAL ACIDIC PROTEIN P2B; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SILICONE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE BETA SUBUNIT FRAGMENT; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EFFICIENCY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA STABILITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 33748180185     PISSN: 14712199     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-7-25     Document Type: Article

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