Use of DNA and peptide nucleic acid molecular beacons for detection and quantification of rRNA in solution and in whole cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5673-5678

  Xi, Chuanwu ^a   Balberg, Michal ^a   Boppart, Stephen A ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENCE; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

HYBRIDIZATIONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR BEACON; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOLUTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA;

EID: 0141815879     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5673-5678.2003     Document Type: Article

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