A rapid novel method for the extraction of RNA from wild-type and genetically modified kanamycin resistant mycobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-146

  Payton, Mark ^a   Pinter, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detergent extraction; Mycobacteria; RNA isolation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DETERGENT; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DETERGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIA SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0032754144     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)91317-0     Document Type: Article

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