Reference genes in real-time PCR

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-406

  Kozera, Bartłomiej ^a   Rapacz, Marcin ^b  

^a THE FRANCISZEK GÓRSKI INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Housekeeping genes; Reference gene; Selection; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; CYCLOPHILIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L32; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA 23S; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE GENE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); PLANTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886734511     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-013-0173-x     Document Type: Review

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