Evaluation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based approaches for determining gene copy and gene transcript numbers in environmental samples

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 804-815

  Smith, Cindy J ^a   Nedwell, David B ^a   Dong, Liang F ^a   Osborn, A Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; STANDARD;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33645461250     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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