Flow cytometric detection of specific gene expression in prokaryotic cells using in situ RT-PCR

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-295

  Chen, Feng ^a   Binder, Brian ^a   Hodson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; In situ RT PCR; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MESSENGER RNA; TOLUENE; TOLUENE DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0034654382     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00670-9     Document Type: Article

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