Measuring 'normalcy' in plant gene expression after herbivore attack

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-304

  Rehrig, Erin Macneal ^a   Appel, Heidi M ^a   Schultz, Jack C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Housekeeping gene; Insect herbivory; Normalization; Reference gene; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BUTTERFLIES; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOTHS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79751504270     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02929.x     Document Type: Article

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