Amplification of Hot DNA segments in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1575-1588

  Kodama, Ken Ichi ^a   Kobayashi, Takehiko ^a   Niki, Hironori ^b   Hiraga, Sota ^c   Oshima, Taku ^d   Mori, Hirotada ^d   Horiuchi, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HOT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; MODEL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASE H, CALF THYMUS; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036034864     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03141.x     Document Type: Article

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