Transcriptional analysis in microbial fuel cells: Common pitfalls in global gene expression studies of microbial biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-112

  Franks, Ashley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Expression; Microarray; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; DESICCATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GRAZING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY; BIOENERGY; DNA MICROARRAY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77952637055     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01975.x     Document Type: Note

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