Measurable impact of RNA quality on gene expression results from quantitative PCR

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Vermeulen, Joëlle ^a   De Preter, Katleen ^a   Lefever, Steve ^a   Nuytens, Justine ^a   De Vloed, Fanny ^a   Derveaux, Stefaan ^a,b   Hellemans, Jan ^a,b   Speleman, Frank ^a   Vandesompele, Jo ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Biogazelle NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; TRANSFER RNA; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PURITY; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROBLASTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, MICROCHIP; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955999748     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr065     Document Type: Article

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