Reference gene validation for RT-qPCR, a note on different available software packages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  De Spiegelaere, Ward ^a   Dern Wieloch, Jutta ^b   Weigel, Roswitha ^b   Schumacher, Valérie ^c   Schorle, Hubert ^d   Nettersheim, Daniel ^d   Bergmann, Martin ^b   Brehm, Ralph ^e   Kliesch, Sabine ^f   Vandekerckhove, Linos ^a   Fink, Cornelia ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UBIQUITIN C;

ACTB GENE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B2M GENE; BONE MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAPDH GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HMBS GENE; HPRT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IGF1R GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRS18 GENE; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RLP13 GENE; SDHA GENE; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SOX9 GENE; TBP GENE; TOP2B GENE; UBC GENE; YWHAZ GENE; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EQUIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84926296483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122515     Document Type: Article

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