Microarray and genetic analysis of electron transfer to electrodes in Geobacter sulfurreducens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1805-1815

  Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Chaudhuri, Swades K ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Mehta, Teena ^a   Methé, Barbara A ^b   Liu, Anna ^a   Ward, Joy E ^a   Woodard, Trevor L ^a   Webster, Jennifer ^b   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOCHROME C; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 33745202132     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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