Measurement of the rates of synthesis of three components of ribosomes of Mycobacterium fortuitum: A theoretical approach to qRT-PCR experimentation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Garcia, Maria Jesus ^a   Nuñez, Maria Carmen ^a,c   Cox, Robert Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L12; RIBOSOME PROTEIN S12; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S12;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RIBOSOME; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77955370300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011575     Document Type: Article

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