Identification and validation of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR normalization and its applications in Lycium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Zeng, Shaohua ^a   Liu, Yongliang ^b   Wu, Min ^a   Liu, Xiaomin ^a   Shen, Xiaofei ^b   Liu, Chunzhao ^c   Wang, Ying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INORGANIC SALT;

ACTIN1 GENE; ANTHOCYANIN GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EF1ALPHA GENE; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GAPDH1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; H2B1 GENE; H2B2 GENE; LRPG GENE; LYCIUM; LYCIUM BARBARUM; LYCIUM RUTHENICUM; NONHUMAN; PGK1 GENE; PGK3 GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE GENE; SALT STRESS; SAMDC2 GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; LYCIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901061178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097039     Document Type: Article

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