Development of a chip assay and quantitative PCR for detecting microcystin synthetase e gene expressions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3797-3805

  Sipari, Hanna ^a   Rantala Ylinen, Anne ^a   Jokela, Jouni ^a   Oksanen, Ilona ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CYANOBACTERIAL STRAINS; DNA ANALYSIS; DNA SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN-SITU STUDY; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; SYNTHETASES;

ASSAYS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EXTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; MICROCYSTIN;

BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIGASES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 77953624717     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00452-10     Document Type: Article

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