Evaluation of reference genes for accurate normalization of gene expression for real time-quantitative PCR in Pyrus pyrifolia using different tissue samples and seasonal conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Imai, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ubi, Benjamin E ^a,b   Saito, Takanori ^a,c   Moriguchi, Takaya ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANNEXIN; BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTONE H3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SAND; PROTEIN TIP41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PPCBF2 GENE; PPCBF4 GENE; PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PYRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84899627264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086492     Document Type: Article

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