The uncertain consequences of transferring bacterial strains between laboratories - RpoS instability as an example

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Spira, Beny ^a   De Almeida Toledo, Rodrigo ^a   Maharjan, Ram P ^b   Ferenci, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RPOS GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORIES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 80455126043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-248     Document Type: Article

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