Histological evidence: Housekeeping genes beta-actin and GAPDH are of limited value for normalization of gene expression

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-376

  Lin, Juntang ^a,b   Redies, Christoph ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beta actin; Chicken embryo; Development; GAPDH; Housekeeping gene

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BETA ACTIN GENE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84871312439     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-012-0420-x     Document Type: Article

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