Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis resolves virus sequences amplified with degenerate primers

BioTechniques

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Short, Steven M ^a   Suttle, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ALGA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0033988808     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/00281bm02     Document Type: Article

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