A novel method for the isolation of mycobacterial DNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Gonzalez Y Merchand, Jorge A ^a,b   Estrada Garcia, Iris ^a,b   Colston, M Joseph ^b   Cox, Robert A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA isolation; Mycobacteria; rRNA operon

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030064660     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00432-7     Document Type: Article

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