Reference genes for the normalization of gene expression in eucalyptus species

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-422

  De Oliveira, Luisa Abruzzi ^a   Breton, Michle Claire ^a   Bastolla, Fernanda MacEdo ^a   Camargo, Sandro Da Silva ^b   Margis, Rogério ^a   Frazzon, Jeverson ^a   Pasquali, Giancarlo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Gene expression; Microarrays; Normalization; Reference genes; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; EUCALYPTUS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; XYLEM;

ALGORITHMS; EUCALYPTUS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XYLEM;

EID: 84857196761     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr187     Document Type: Article

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