"housekeeping point" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a minor issue or detail that needs to be taken care of before getting to the larger, more important topics. For example: "Let's address the housekeeping points before moving on to the more important discussion topics."
It has become a cliché to praise women writers for finding interesting ways to write about housekeeping, to the point where they must feel self-conscious about the attempt.
Samples were scaled relative to each other using the geometric mean of the set of valid housekeeping gene data points for that sample.
CXCR2 was only visible on the non-RA autoradiogram upon prolonged exposure, at which point the housekeeping genes were saturated and were therefore unsuitable for quantification purposes.
Ms. Levinthal said the proposed change was part of standard housekeeping at the museum, pointing out that all museums review and amend their policies from time to time.
Data suggest recombination to be the predominant mechanism of genetic diversification among SDSE, occurring four times more often than point mutation in housekeeping loci.
This suggested that genetic changes in P. aeruginosa occurred by large rearrangements rather than by point mutations in housekeeping genes.
In our case, normalization of data (based on housekeeping genes) did not change point estimates for differences between incubation types.
The ∆Ct is calculated as the crossing point of the housekeeping gene (cyclophilin) minus the crossing point of the gene of interest.
Ever since the publication of Robinson's thrilling first novel, "Housekeeping" (1980), reviewers have been pointing out that, for an analyst of modern alienation, she is an unusual specimen: a devout Protestant, reared in Idaho.
The ten genes with largest positive and negative fold change between 24 hr and the two subsequent time-points includes mostly housekeeping genes and genes encoding hypothetical proteins.
