Detection and enumeration of a genetically modified fungus in soil environments by quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-428

  Baek, Jong Min ^a   Kenerley, Charles M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Detection; Genetically engineered microorganism; Soil; Trichoderma virens

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SOIL; TRICHODERMA;

TRICHODERMA VIRENS;

EID: 0031959263     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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