Ethanol-induced enhancement of the transformation of Escherichia coli by plasmid DNA

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-211

  Sarkar, Suchitra ^a   Chaudhuri, Sujan ^a   Basu, Tarakdas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium chloride; E. coli; Ethanol; LPS; Plasmid DNA; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041815927     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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