Validation of RT-qPCR reference genes for in planta expression studies in Hemileia vastatrix, the causal agent of coffee leaf rust

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 891-901

  Vieira, Ana ^a,b   Talhinhas, Pedro ^a   Loureiro, Andreia ^a   Duplessis, Sébastien ^c   Fernandez, Diana ^d   Silva, Maria do Céu ^a   Paulo, Octávio S ^b   Azinheira, Helena Gil ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete plant pathogen; Coffea arabica; Coffee leaf rust; Housekeeping gene; Normalisation factor

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; COFFEE; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; COFFEE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COFFEA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COFFEA ARABICA; FUNGI; HEMILEIA VASTATRIX;

EID: 80052029845     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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