Absolute quantification of gene expression in individual bacterial cells using two-photon fluctuation microscopy

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-259

  Ferguson, Matthew L ^a   Le Coq, Dominique ^b   Jules, Matthieu ^b   Aymerich, Stéphane ^b   Declerck, Nathalie ^a   Royer, Catherine A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological noise; Fluctuation microscopy; Promoter activity

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL NOISE; FLUCTUATION MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION; GENE EXPRESSION NETWORK; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES;

CYTOLOGY;

FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BLEACHING; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80054055622     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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