Changed relative to what? Housekeeping genes and normalization strategies in human brain gene expression studies

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-179

  Tunbridge, Elizabeth M ^a   Eastwood, Sharon L ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods; mRNA; quantification; reference gene; RT PCR; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYCLOPHILIN A; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ERROR; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 78650500556     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.05.023     Document Type: Review

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