Selection of reference genes for real-time expression studies in Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-227

  Florindo, C ^a   Ferreira, R ^a   Borges, V ^a   Spellerberg, B ^b   Gomes, J P ^a   Borrego, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Normalization; Reference genes; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

16SRRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CALIBRATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLCK GENE; GLNA GENE; GROEL GENE; GYRA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RPOB GENE; RPSL GENE; SDHA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEMPERATURE; TKT GENE;

CALIBRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84864107293     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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