Orientation and expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus small RNAs by direct multiplexed measurements using the nCounter of NanoString technology

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-334

  Beaume, Marie ^a   Hernandez, David ^a   Docquier, Mylène ^b   Delucinge Vivier, Céline ^b   Descombes, Patrick ^b   François, Patrice ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Expression; NanoString technology; Orientation; Small RNAs; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOSTRING NCOUNTER ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79251648880     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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