Bacteriophages manipulate bacterial gene expression in order to express their own genes
or influence bacterial metabolism. Gene expression can be studied using real-time PCR or …

Real-time, or quantitative PCR, is a valuable technique useful in bacteriophage research to
quantify the abundance of phage or host gene transcripts. It can be used during the infection …

This book expands on the previous volumes with new chapters exploring emerging themes
and methodologies in bacterial virus research. The chapters in this book are divided into 4 …

The incorporation of 32P-phosphorus into marine bacteriophage nucleic acid was studied in
culture experiments to investigate the source of nucleotides used by the phage. We …

Since their discovery in 1961 by Loeb and Zinder, the RNA phages have served as a model
system to explore a variety of problems in molecular biology. As a source of homogeneous …

Primers were designed to amplify a 592-bp region within a conserved structural gene (g20)
found in some cyanophages. The goal was to use this gene as a proxy to infer genetic …

We are increasingly aware of the many and varied roles that bacteriophages play in
microbial ecology and evolution. The implications of bacteriophage–bacteria interactions …

Bacteriophages play an essential role in the transferring of genes that contribute to the
bacterial virulence and whose products are dangerous to human health. Interestingly …

Abstract Background Signal-Mediated Amplification of RNA Technology (SMART) is an
isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology, developed for the detection of specific …

The number of novel bacteriophage sequences has expanded significantly as a result of
many metagenomic studies of phage populations in diverse environments. Most of these …