Cryopreserved yeast cells suitable for routine, small-scale transformations

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 792-796

  Tan, Seng Lai ^a   Dossett, Michelle ^a   Katze, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

CELL TRANSFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031770095     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98255bm07     Document Type: Review

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