Identification of stable endogenous reference genes for real-time PCR in the human fetal gonad using an external standard technique

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 620-625

  O'Shaughnessy, Peter J ^a   Monteiro, Ana ^a   Fowler, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housekeeping genes; Ovary; Real time PCR; Reference genes; Testis

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B2M GENE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HMBS GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PMMI GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SDHA GENE; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SFRS4 GENE; TBP GENE; TESTIS; UBC GENE;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GONADS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80052895911     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar032     Document Type: Article

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