High yield DNA extraction from the snake cast-off skin or bird feathers using collagenase

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1097-1100

  Eguchi, Tomoko ^a   Eguchi, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cast off skin; Collagenase; DNA extraction; Feather

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA CONTENT; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE;

EID: 0033915387     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005658029607     Document Type: Article

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