RNA quality assessment: A view from plant qPCR studies

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6069-6077

  Die, Jose V ^a,c   Román, Belén ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b IFAPA 'Alameda Del Obispo' ^*  (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

3':5'ratio; MIQE; qPCR; RNA integrity.

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PLANTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84868032308     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers276     Document Type: Review

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