The detection of Gram-negative bacterial mRNA from soil by RT-PCR

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-373

  Mendum, Tom A ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^b   Hirsch, Penny R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial mRNA; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Rhizobium leguminosarum; Soil

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0032528138     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00241-9     Document Type: Article

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