Protection of DNA by salts against thermodegradation at temperatures typical for hyperthermophiles

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Marguet, Evelyne ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Depurination; DNA repair; DNA thermodegradation; Histone; Hyperthermophiles; PCR

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DEPURINATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SALT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TEMPERATURE;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032076320     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050050     Document Type: Article

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