In situ, real-time catabolic gene expression: Extraction and characterization of naphthalene dioxygenase mRNA transcripts from groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-87

  Wilson, Mark S ^a,b   Bakermans, Corien ^a   Madsen, Eugene L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COAL TAR; DIGOXIGENIN; GROUND WATER; MESSENGER RNA; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CATABOLISM; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032906465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.80-87.1999     Document Type: Article

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