Monitoring the single-cell stress response of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1850-1858

  Shi, Xu ^a   Gao, Weimin ^a   Chao, Shih hui ^a   Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b   Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATIONS; CELL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; IRON DEPLETION; MODEL SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; STRESS CONDITION; STRESS RESPONSE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGENEITY; MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874806641     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03399-12     Document Type: Article

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