Identification of appropriate reference genes for human mesenchymal cells during expansion and differentiation.

BACKGROUND: Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is an extremely powerful technique for monitoring gene expression. The quantity of the messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNA) of interest should be normalized using a reference gene, in order to avoid unreliable results originated by th...

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Main Authors: Paola Romina Amable, Marcus Vinicius Telles Teixeira, Rosana Bizon Vieira Carias, José Mauro Granjeiro, Radovan Borojevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3759474?pdf=render