Selection of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks and determination of the expression profile of Bm86

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nijhof, Ard M ^a   Balk, Jesper A ^a   Postigo, Milagros ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTONE H3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; BM86 PROTEIN, BOOPHILUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STANDARD;

BOOPHILUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VACCINES;

EID: 74549157123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-112     Document Type: Article

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