Selection and validation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) using quantitative real-time RT-PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Gimeno, Jacinta ^a   Eattock, Nicholas ^a   Van Deynze, Allen ^a   Blumwald, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT12 GENE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CYP5 GENE; EEF 1ALPHA GENE; ELF 4A GENE; FTSH4 GENE; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENORM; NONHUMAN; NORMFINDER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT GENE; PLANT TISSUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMDC GENE; TUA6 GENE; TUB6 GENE; U2AF GENE; UBQ6 GENE; VALIDATION STUDY; GENETICS; PANICUM; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

PRIMER DNA;

DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; PANICUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84897971680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091474     Document Type: Article

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