Comparative analysis of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis in separating Escherichia coli uidA amplicons differing in single base substitutions

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 427-431

  Farnleitner, A H ^a   Kreuzinger, N ^a   Kavka, G G ^b   Grillenberger, S ^c   Rath, J ^d   Mach, R L ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Federal Agency for Water Management   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AMPLICONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYZES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENATURING GRADIENTS; E. COLI; FRESH WATER; SINGLE BASIS; SPATIAL SEPARATION; TEMPORAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; NUCLEIC ACID BASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034043066     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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