Establishing references for gene expression analyses by RT-qPCR in theobroma cacao tissues

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3291-3305

  Pinheiro, T T ^a   Litholdo, C G ^a   Sereno, M L ^a   Leal, G A ^a   Albuquerque, P S B ^b   Figueira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ERJOH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Cocoa butter; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Gene expression; Sterculiaceae

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ETHEPHON; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYUBIQUITIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACP A GENE; ACP B GENE; ACP C GENE; ACT GENE; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EF 1 ALPHA GENE; EPICARP; FLOWER; GAPDH GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MDH GENE; MONILIOPHTHORA PERNICIOSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; PUB GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPL35 GENE; TUB GENE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; STANDARD;

CACAO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865622735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2011.November.17.4     Document Type: Article

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