Bias caused by template annealing in the amplification of mixtures of 16S rRNA genes by PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 625-630

  Suzuki, Marcelino T ^a   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STANDARD;

EID: 0030067991     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.625-630.1996     Document Type: Article

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