Selection and validation of a set of reliable reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in the brain of the Cephalopod Mollusc Octopus vulgaris

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sirakov, Maria ^a,b   Zarrella, Ilaria ^a   Borra, Marco ^a   Rizzo, Francesca ^a   Biffali, Elio ^a   Arnone, Maria Ina ^a   Fiorito, Graziano ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA ACTIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCTOPUS; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXON; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; DERRIS TRIFOLIATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; OCTOPODIFORMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 68949148693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-70     Document Type: Article

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