Elasmobranch qPCR reference genes: A case study of hypoxia preconditioned epaulette sharks

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rytkönen, Kalle T ^a   Renshaw, Gillian M C ^b   Ashton, Kevin J ^c   Williams Pritchard, Grant ^b   Leder, Erica H ^a   Nikinmaa, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II POLYPEPTIDE F; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1 BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L6; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOXIA; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ELASMOBRANCHII; EUKARYOTA; HEMISCYLLIUM; HEMISCYLLIUM OCELLATUM; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SHARKS; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 77951109455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-27     Document Type: Article

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