Characterization of the 3′:5′ ratio for reliable determination of RNA quality

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-338

  Die, Jose V ^a   Obrero, Ángeles ^b   González Verdejo, Clara I ^b   Román, Belén ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 :5 Ratio; qPCR; RNA quality

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION DATA; LOW COST METHODS; QPCR; RNA QUALITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER RNA; RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BARREL MEDIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; STANDARD;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 80054056014     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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