Selection of Reference Genes for Normalizing Gene Expression During Seed Priming and Germination Using qPCR in Zea mays and Spinacia oleracea

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 478-487

  Chen, Keting ^a   Fessehaie, Anania ^a   Arora, Rajeev ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BestKeeper; geNorm; Housekeeping genes; Maize; NormFinder; Spinach

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858289313     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0354-x     Document Type: Article

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