Identification of differentially expressed genes in an industrial bioleaching heap processing low-grade copper sulphide ore elucidated by RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 148-154

  Galleguillos, Pedro ^a,c   Remonsellez, Francisco ^a,b   Galleguillos, Felipe ^a   Guiliani, Nicolás ^d   Castillo, Danny ^e   Demergasso, Cecilia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Biotecnor Ltda   (Chile)

^c Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

^d Depto de Medicina Preventiva Animal   (Chile)

^e BHP BILLITON   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Industrial heap; Real time PCR; RNA arbitrarily primed PCR; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER; COSMIC RAYS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENES; LEACHING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; POLYMERIZATION; PUMPS; RNA;

INDUSTRIAL HEAP; REAL-TIME PCR; RNA ARBITRARILY PRIMED PCR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 53449084479     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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