Application of qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq analysis for the identification of housekeeping genes useful for normalization of gene expression values during Striga hermonthica development

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3395-3407

  Fernandez Aparicio M ^a,b   Huang, K ^c   Wafula, E K ^d   Honaas, L A ^d   Wickett, N J ^d,f   Timko, M P ^c   Depamphilis, C W ^d   Yoder, J I ^e   Westwood, J H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Parasitic plants; Quantitative RT PCR normalization; Reference genes; RNA Seq; Witchweed

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; GAPC 2 GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT SEED; PP2A GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RL1 GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; TUB1 GENE; TUB5 GENE; UBQ1 GENE; WITCHWEED;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INDIA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT WEEDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRIGA;

STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 84878379253     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2417-y     Document Type: Article

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