Identification of reference genes for RT-qPCR expression analysis in arabidopsis and tomato seeds

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-37

  Dekkers, Bas J W ^a,b   Willems, Leo ^a   Bassel, George W ^c   Van Bolderen Veldkamp, R P Marieke ^a,b   Ligterink, Wilco ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^a   Bentsink, Leónie ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Normalization; RT qPCR; Seed; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STANDARD; TOMATO;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84855902041     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr113     Document Type: Article

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