The Renilla luciferase gene as a reference gene for normalization of gene expression in transiently transfected cells

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jiwaji, Meesbah ^a   Daly, Rónán ^b   Pansare, Kshama ^a   McLean, Pauline ^a   Yang, Jingli ^a   Kolch, Walter ^c   Pitt, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FORSKOLIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENILLA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, RENILLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78650676367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-103     Document Type: Article

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