Identification and evaluation of reliable reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 22155-22172

  Hao, Xinyuan ^a,b,c,d   Horvath, David P ^b   Chao, Wun S ^b   Yang, Yajun ^a,c,d   Wang, Xinchao ^c,d   Xiao, Bin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Gene expression; Normalization; qRT PCR; Reference gene; Tea plant

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEA;

EID: 84914127109     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151222155     Document Type: Article

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