Choice of a stable set of reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis in amblyomma maculatum (acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1339-1346

  Browning, Rebecca ^a   Adamson, Steven ^a   Karim, Shahid ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; qRT PCR; reference genes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); SYNAPTOBREVIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODIDAE; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SHEEP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); IXODIDAE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; R-SNARE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SHEEP; TUBULIN;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869753461     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12123     Document Type: Article

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