An old method facing a new challenge: Re-visiting housekeeping proteins as internal reference control for neuroscience research

Life Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 747-751

  Li, Rena ^a   Shen, Yong ^a  

^a ROSKAMP INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Tubulin; Age; Diseases; GAPDH; Internal reference; Protein staining; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

AMINO BLACK; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PONCEAU S; SYPRO RUBY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAINING; STANDARD;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84875720543     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2013.02.014     Document Type: Review

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