Identification of valid reference genes for the normalization of RT qPCR gene expression data in human brain tissue

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coulson, David T R ^a   Brockbank, Simon ^a   Quinn, Joseph G ^a   Murphy, Suzanne ^a   Ravid, Rivka ^b   Brent, G Brent ^a   Johnston, Janet A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 44449126570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-9-46     Document Type: Article

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