Selection of suitable reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in apoptosis-induced MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-128

  Ferreira, Eloise ^a   Cronjé, Marianne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Heat shock; Quantitative real time PCR; Reference gene

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC GENES; CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION DATA; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT-SHOCK; MCF-7 BREAST CANCER CELLS; MONOOXYGENASES; ONE-WAY ANOVA; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SALICYLIC ACIDS;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL DEATH; DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BETA ACTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HISTONE H2A; SALICYLIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; ACTINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HISTONES; HSC70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84856278807     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9425-3     Document Type: Article

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