Bacterial chromosome extraction and isolation

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-212

  Prinz, Christelle ^a   Tegenfeldt, Jonas O ^a   Austin, Robert H ^a   Cox, Edward C ^a   Sturm, James C ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ISOLATION; CYTOLYSIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROPLAST; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0141989836     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b208010a     Document Type: Article

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