Evaluation and selection of candidate reference genes for normalization of quantitative RT-PCR in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Singh, Varinder ^a   Kaul, Sunil C ^b   Wadhwa, Renu ^b   Pati, Pratap Kumar ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CYCLOPHILIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; RNA 18S; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; PLANT RNA;

18S GENE; 26S GENE; ABIOTIC STRESS; ACT GENE; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; COLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP GENE; DROUGHT; EF 1 GENE; EVALUATION STUDY; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; HEAT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RPL2 GENE; SAND GENE; TUA GENE; TUB GENE; UBQ GENE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; WOUND; GENETICS; STANDARD; STANDARDS; WITHANIA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, PLANT; WITHANIA;

EID: 84929486124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118860     Document Type: Article

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