Heterogeneous rpoS and rhlR mRNA levels and 16S rRNA/rDNA (rRNA Gene) ratios within Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, sampled by laser capture microdissection

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2991-3000

  Pérez Osorio, Ailyn C ^a   Williamson, Kerry S ^a   Franklin, Michael J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ACPP; PROTEIN RHLR; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RNA ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICRODISSECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICRODISSECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 77953994072     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01598-09     Document Type: Article

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