Validation of Tuba1a as appropriate internal control for normalization of gene expression analysis during mouse lung development

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 4492-4511

  Mehta, Aditi ^a,b,c   Dobersch, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Dammann, Reinhard H ^b,c,d   Bellusci, Saverio ^b,c,e,f   Ilinskaya, Olga N ^f   Braun, Thomas ^a,b,c   Barreto, Guillermo ^a,b,c,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Excellencecluster Cardio Pulmonary System Department of Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^f KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha 1A tubulin; geNorm; Mouse lung development; qRT PCR; Reference gene; Tuba1a

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA ACTIN; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTONE H4; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; ACTIN; HISTONE; RNA 18S; TUBA1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUBULIN;

ACTB GAPDH GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; HIST4H4 GENE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RN18S GENE; RNA ISOLATION; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION; TUBA 1A GENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HISTONES; LUNG; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBULIN;

EID: 84925862981     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16034492     Document Type: Article

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