Snapshot of the eukaryotic gene expression in muskoxen rumen-A metatranscriptomic approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Qi, Meng ^a   Wang, Pan ^a,b   O'Toole, Nicholas ^c   Barboza, Perry S ^d   Ungerfeld, Emilio ^a   Leigh, Mary Beth ^d   Selinger, L Brent ^b   Butler, Greg ^c   Tsang, Adrian ^c   McAllister, Tim A ^a   Forster, Robert J ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ESTERASE; CELLULASE; ESTERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 48; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 6; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; RNA SEQUENCE; RUMINANT STOMACH; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ESTERASES; EUKARYOTA; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; METAGENOMICS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMEN; RUMINANTS;

EID: 79957841562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020521     Document Type: Article

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