Single-cell analysis reveals gene-expression heterogeneity in syntrophic dual-culture of Desulfovibrio vulgaris with Methanosarcina barkeri

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Qi, Zhenhua ^a,b   Pei, Guangsheng ^a,b   Chen, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MODEL; MONOCULTURE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84948472074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07478     Document Type: Article

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