An efficient RNA isolation procedure and identification of reference genes for normalization of gene expression in blueberry

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2167-2176

  Vashisth, Tripti ^a   Johnson, Lisa Klima ^a   Malladi, Anish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; CTAB; qRT PCR; Reference genes; RNA extraction

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLUEBERRY PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 80955143016     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1121-z     Document Type: Article

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