Quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction: normalization to rRNA or single housekeeping genes is inappropriate for human tissue biopsies

Carmela Tricarico; Pamela Pinzani; Simonetta Bianchi; Milena Paglierani; V. Distante; Mario Pazzagli; Stephen A. Bustin; Claudio Orlando

doi:10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00311-1

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Housekeeping geneRibosomal RNAReference genesBiologyRNAGlyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenaseGeneGene expressionReal-time polymerase chain reactionMessenger RNAReverse transcription polymerase chain reactionRNA extractionPolymerase chain reactionReverse transcriptaseMolecular biologyGenetics

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 309
Issue: 2
Pages: 293-300
Citations: 582
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                                    Carmela Tricarico, 
                                
                                    Pamela Pinzani, 
                                
                                    Simonetta Bianchi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction: normalization to rRNA or single housekeeping genes is inappropriate for human tissue biopsies. 
                            Analytical Biochemistry
                            , 309
                            (2)
                            , 293-300.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00311-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00311-1