Identification and Validation of Reference Genes for Transcript Normalization in Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) Defense Responses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Amil Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Garrido Gala, José ^a   Blanco Portales, Rosario ^a   Folta, Kevin M ^b   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^a   Caballero, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN GENE; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; EF1 ALPHA GENE; FRUIT RIPENING; GAPDH2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; PLANT RESPONSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIB413 GENE; STRAWBERRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

FRAGARIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84881113509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070603     Document Type: Article

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