Heteroduplexes in mixed-template amplifications: Formation, consequence and elimination by 'reconditioning PCR'

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2083-2088

  Thompson, Janelle R ^a,b   Marcelino, Luisa A ^a   Polz, Martin F ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036566806     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.9.2083     Document Type: Article

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