Design and validation of a partial-genome microarray for transcriptional profiling of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum symbiotic gene region

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-67

  Hauser, F ^a   Lindemann, A ^a   Vuilleumier, S ^b   Patrignani, A ^c   Schlapbach, R ^c   Fischer, H M ^a   Hennecke, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene chip; NifA; Nitrogen fixation; Oxygen control; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; RNA ISOLATION; SYMBIOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 30044443666     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-0059-7     Document Type: Article

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