Identification of reference genes for gene expression studies during seed germination and seedling establishment in Ricinus communis L.

Seed Science Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-352

  Ribeiro, Paulo R ^a,b   Dekkers, Bas J W ^a,c   Fernandez, Luzimar G ^b   De Castro, Renato D ^b   Ligterink, Wilco ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

castor bean; gene expression; GeNorm; normalization; NormFinder; quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911432710     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258514000294     Document Type: Article

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