Title
ICG: a wiki-driven knowledgebase of internal control genes for RT-qPCR normalization.
Abstract
Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) has become a widely used method for accurate expression profiling of targeted mRNA and ncRNA. Selection of appropriate internal control genes for RT-qPCR normalization is an elementary prerequisite for reliable expression measurement. Here, we present ICG (http://icg.big.ac.cn), a wiki-driven knowledgebase for community curation of experimentally validated internal control genes as well as their associated experimental conditions. Unlike extant related databases that focus on qPCR primers in model organisms (mainly human and mouse), ICG features harnessing collective intelligence in community integration of internal control genes for a variety of species. Specifically, it integrates a comprehensive collection of more than 750 internal control genes for 73 animals, 115 plants, 12 fungi and 9 bacteria, and incorporates detailed information on recommended application scenarios corresponding to specific experimental conditions, which, collectively, are of great help for researchers to adopt appropriate internal control genes for their own experiments. Taken together, ICG serves as a publicly editable and open-content encyclopaedia of internal control genes and accordingly bears broad utility for reliable RT-qPCR normalization and gene expression characterization in both model and nonmodel organisms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1093/nar/gkx875
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Field
DocType
Volume
Normalization (statistics),Gene,Biology,Genetics
Journal
46
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
D1
0305-1048
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
20
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jian Sang131.40
Zhennan Wang200.68
Man Li3236.76
Jiabao Cao411.38
Guangyi Niu531.40
Lin Xia6242.69
Dong Zou7123.14
fan wang83418.08
Xingjian Xu9232.00
Xiaojiao Han1000.34
Jinqi Fan1100.34
Ye Yang12116.02
Wanzhu Zuo1300.34
Yang Zhang1452.20
Wenming Zhao156916.60
Yiming Bao16759.92
Jing-Fa Xiao177520.44
Songnian Hu188716.83
Lili Hao19122.50
Zhang Zhang2017228.00