Validation of suitable internal control genes for expression studies in aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Zampieri, M ^a   Ciccarone, F ^a   Guastafierro, T ^a   Bacalini, M G ^a   Calabrese, R ^a   Moreno Villanueva, M ^b   Reale, A ^a   Chevanne, M ^c   Burkle A ^b   Caiafa, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; GUSB; Housekeeping genes; PBMC; Real time PCR normalization

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77249119389     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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