Physiological states of individual Salmonella typhimurium cells monitored by in situ reverse transcription-PCR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1733-1738

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

^a Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033027056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1733-1738.1999     Document Type: Article

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