Candidate reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays during development of a diet-related enteropathy in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and the potential pitfalls of uncritical use of normalization software tools

Aquaculture

Volumn 318, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Kortner, Trond M ^a   Valen, Elin C ^a   Kortner, Henrik ^b   Marjara, Inderjit S ^a   Krogdahl, shild ^a   Bakke, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Safetec Nordic AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Enteropathy; Quantitative real time PCR; Reference genes; Soybean meal

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PATHOLOGY; PITFALL TRAP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SALMONID FISHERY; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79960145569     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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