Evaluating quantitative methods for measuring plasmid copy numbers in single cells

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Tal, Shay ^a   Paulsson, Johan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number distributions; Plasmid fluctuations; Single cell measurements

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICATION ARREST METHOD; RIBOSOME; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DOSAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84859000061     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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