DNA sequencing and comparative sequence analysis reveal that the Escherichia coli genomic DNA may replace the target DNA during molecular cloning: Evidence for the erroneous assembly of E. coli DNA into database sequences

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 333-339

  Jha, Prakash K ^a   Sarkar, Satyapriya ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifactual ligation; Database contamination; Glutathione transporter; Hotspot region; Nonauthentic clones; Rat; Troponin; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; TROPONIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031439607     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00175-2     Document Type: Article

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