PACE analysis of the heteroduplexes formed between PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes: Estimation of sequence similarity and rDNA complexity

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1611-1617

  Espejo, Romilio T ^a   Feijóo, Carmen Gloria ^a   Romero, Jaime ^a   Vásquez, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; Diversity; Heteroduplex; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031778612     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1611     Document Type: Article

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