Stable-isotope probing of nucleic acids: A window to the function of uncultured microorganisms

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 296-302

  Radajewski, Stefan ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a,b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE; RIBOSOME RNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSFER RNA;

ATOM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038482074     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00064-8     Document Type: Review

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