Automated design of probes for rRNA-targeted fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals the advantages of using dual probes for accurate identification

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5124-5133

  Wright, Erik S ^a   Safak Yilmaz, L ^d   Corcoran, Andrew M ^b   Ökten, Hatice E ^c   Noguera, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

AUTOMATED DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

PROBES;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA PROBE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; DNA PROBE; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR COMPUTER; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84904891497     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01685-14     Document Type: Article

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