Validation of endogenous normalizing genes for expression analyses in adult human testis and germ cell neoplasms

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 709-718

  Svingen, T ^a   Jorgensen A ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Germ cell cancer; Human; qRT PCR; Reference genes; Testis

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POU5F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S20; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SALL4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPS20 GENE; RPS29 GENE; SRSF4 GENE; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84904752108     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau030     Document Type: Article

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