Reference genes for measuring mRNA expression

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-223

  Dundas, Jitesh ^a   Ling, Maurice ^b  

^a Edencore Technologies   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta actin; Eliability; Polymerase chain reactions; Reference genes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872042931     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-012-0152-5     Document Type: Review

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