A comparative study of RNA and DNA as internal gene expression controls early in the developmental cycle of Chlamydia pneumoniae

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-253

  Engström, Patrik ^a   Bailey, Leslie ^a   Önskog, Thomas ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a   Johansson, Jörgen ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Gene expression; Internal controls; MRNA stability

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER CELL; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RNA STABILITY; STANDARDS;

CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 76349092050     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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