Characterizing bacterial gene expression in nitrogen cycle metabolism with RT-qPCR

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2011, Pages 345-372

  Graham, James E ^a,b   Wantland, Nicholas B ^b   Campbell, Mark ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CATABOLISM; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; STANDARD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI;

EID: 79955493096     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386489-5.00014-2     Document Type: Chapter

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