Real-time reverse transcription-PCR for transcriptional expression analysis of virulence and housekeeping genes in viable but nonculturable Vibrio parahaemolyticus after recovery of culturability

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5183-5189

  Coutard, François ^a   Lozach, Solen ^a   Pommepuy, Monique ^a   Hervio Heath, Dominique ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; GENE ENCODING; RNA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; REGROWTH;

TRANSCRIPTION;

HEMOLYSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RNA; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FUR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PVSA GENE; PVUA GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPOS GENE; TDH2 GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 34548238652     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02776-06     Document Type: Article

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