Mycoplasma infection significantly alters microarray gene expression profiles

BioTechniques

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 812-814

  Miller, Crispin J ^a,b   Kassem, Heba S ^a   Pepper, Stuart D ^a   Hey, Yvonne ^a   Ward, Timothy H ^a   Margison, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0141995470     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03354mt02     Document Type: Short Survey

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