The value of basic research: Discovery of thermus aquaticus and other extreme thermophiles

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1207-1210

  Brock, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMUS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAQ POLYMERASE; THERMUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031204892     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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