Evaluation of reference genes for quantitative polymerase chain reaction across life cycle stages and tissue types of Tribolium castaneum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 8948-8951

  Toutges, Michelle J ^a   Hartzer, Kris ^a   Lord, Jeffrey ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Normalization; Quantitative PCR; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWNSTREAM APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODELS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NORMALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; T. CASTANEUM; TISSUE TYPES; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, INSECT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77956503703     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf101603j     Document Type: Article

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