Evaluation of candidate reference genes for qPCR in maize

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 807-815

  Manoli, Alessandro ^a   Sturaro, Alba ^a   Trevisan, Sara ^a   Quaggiotti, Silvia ^a   Nonis, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Maize; Normalization; QPCR; Reference genes

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859776395     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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