Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Determination of Microcystin Synthetase E Copy Numbers for Microcystis and Anabaena in Lakes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7289-7297

  Vaitomaa, Jaana ^a   Rantala, Anne ^a   Halinen, Katrianna ^a   Rouhiainen, Leo ^a   Tallberg, Petra ^a   Mokelke, Lena ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTINS;

MICROORGANISMS;

CYANOGINOSIN; MICROCYSTIN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOPEPTIDE; FRESH WATER; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTOTHRIX; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX;

ANABAENA; DNA PRIMERS; FRESH WATER; GENE DOSAGE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2142860222     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7289-7297.2003     Document Type: Article

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