Improved determination of plasmid copy number using quantitative real-time PCR for monitoring fermentation processes

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Škulj, Mihaela ^a   Okršlar, Veronika ^a   Jalen, Špela ^b   Jevševar, Simona ^a   Slanc, Petra ^c   Štrukelj, Borut ^c   Menart, Viktor ^a,b  

^a Lek dd   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION MONITORING; HEATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 42449157617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-6     Document Type: Article

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