Measuring mRNA copy number in individual Escherichia coli cells using single-molecule fluorescent in situ hybridization

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1100-1113

  Skinner, Samuel O ^a,b   Sepúlveda, Leonardo A ^a,c   Xu, Heng ^a,d   Golding, Ido ^a,b,c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; DATA ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879354995     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.066     Document Type: Article

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