DGGE/TGGE a method for identifying genes from natural ecosystems

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-322

  Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033152336     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80055-1     Document Type: Article

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