Identification and quantification of arsC genes in environmental samples by using real-time PCR

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-349

  Sun, Yongmei ^a   Polishchuk, Elena A ^a   Radoja, Una ^a   Cullen, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arsC gene; Arsenate reduction; Group specific primers; Real time PCR; SYBR Green I

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DNA; GOLD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SOIL;

ARSENATES; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; ION PUMPS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3242784736     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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