Sequence analysis of bacterial DNA in the colon of an Andean mummy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-295

  Ubaldi, Massimo ^a   Luciani, Stefania ^a   Marota, Isolina ^a   Fornaciari, Gdto ^b   Cano, Raul J ^c   Rollo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Colon microflora; DNA; Mummy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031761561     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199811)107:3<285::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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