Selection of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) skin biopsies

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Spinsanti, Giacomo ^a   Panti, Cristina ^a   Lazzeri, Elisa ^a   Marsili, Letizia ^a   Casini, Silvia ^a   Frati, Francesco ^a   Fossi, Cristina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STENELLA;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 33750034442     PISSN: 14712199     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-7-32     Document Type: Article

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