Catabolic microarrays

In another study by Dennis et al. [141], the DNA microarray technology was used to monitor the expression of catabolic genes related to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) degradation within pme and mixed cultures of the 2,4-D-degrading bacterium Ralstonia eutropha JMP134. With this technique, it was shown that two of five 2,4-D catabolic genes were induced upon addition of the pesticide. The study demonstrated the potential of DNA microarrays for the detection of functional genes in complex environmental systems. 

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