Non-genetic population heterogeneity studied by in situ polymerase chain reaction

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1099-1105

  Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a   Holmstrøm, Kim ^b   Boe, Lars ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LACTOSE PERMEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 0031931172     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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