Identification and testing of reference genes for gene expression analysis in pollen of Pyrus bretschneideri

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-56

  Chen, Jianqing ^a   Li, Xinyue ^a   Wang, Danqi ^a   Li, Leiting ^a   Zhou, Hongsheng ^a   Liu, Zhe ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Jiang, Xueting ^a   Fabrice, Musana R ^a   Zhang, Shaoling ^a   Wu, Juyou ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BestKeeper; GeNorm; NormFinder; Pear; Pollen; Reference gene

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS X BRETSCHNEIDERI;

EID: 84928670356     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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