The normalization of gene expression data in melanoma: Investigating the use of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and 18S ribosomal RNA as internal reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-139

  Giricz, Orsolya ^a   Lauer Fields, Janelle L ^a   Fields, Gregg B ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DERMATOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; RNA; TISSUE;

ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION; FIBROBLAST CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION DATA; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; MESSENGER RNAS (MRNA); QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RIBOSOMAL RNA (RRNA);

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 46649089701     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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