Considerations for normalisation of RT-qPCR in oncology;La RT-qPCR en oncologïe: Considérations pour la normalisation

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Ho Pun Cheung, A ^a,b   Cellier, D ^b   Lopez Crapez, E ^a  

^a CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^b Direction des Affaires Médicales   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Housekeeping gene; Normalisation; Quantification; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CELL COUNT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 42449114934     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2008.0204     Document Type: Review

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