Gene Cassette PCR: Sequence-Independent Recovery of Entire Genes from Environmental DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-12, 2001, Pages 5240-5246

  Stokes, H W ^a   Holmes, Andrew J ^a   Nield, Blair S ^a   Holley, Marita P ^a   Nevalainen, K M Helena ^a   Mabbutt, Bridget C ^a   Gillings, Michael R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ORGANISM;

BACTERIAL DNA; INTEGRASE; INTEGRON INTEGRASE INTI1; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0035514941     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.11.5240-5246.2001     Document Type: Article

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