Transcription analysis of genes encoding homologues of reductive dehalogenases in "Dehalococcoides" sp. Strain CBDB1 by using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and quantitative PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1876-1884

  Wagner, Anke ^a,b   Adrian, Lorenz ^b,c   Kleinsteuber, Sabine ^c   Andreesen, Jan R ^a   Lechner, Ute ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SITES; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GENES ENCODING; GENOMIC DNAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASE; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTIONS; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; SUBSTRATE DEPLETIONS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TRANSCRIPT LEVELS; TRANSCRIPTION ANALYSIS; TRICHLOROBENZENE; UP REGULATIONS;

AMPLIFICATION; COSMIC RAYS; DECHLORINATION; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMORPHISM;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROBENZENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CHLOROBENZENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOGENATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBENZENES; CHLOROFLEXI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 63849108021     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01042-08     Document Type: Article

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