Validation of reference housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Rodrigues, Thaís Barros ^a,b   Khajuria, Chitvan ^c   Wang, Haichuan ^c   Matz, Natalie ^c   Cardoso, Danielle Cunha ^d   Valicente, Fernando Hercos ^e   Zhou, Xuguo ^f   Siegfried, Blair ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S9; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS;

EID: 84910027935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109825     Document Type: Article

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