Measuring the rate of conjugal plasmid transfer in a bacterial population using quantitative PCR

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 237-244

  Wan, Zhenmao ^a,b   Varshavsky, Joseph ^a   Teegala, Sushma ^a,b   McLawrence, Jamille ^a   Goddard, Noel L ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052515208     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.054     Document Type: Article

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