Rapid extraction of (di)nucleotides from bacterial cells and determination by ion-pair reversed-phase HPLC

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Muller R H ^a   Loffhagen, N ^a   Babel, W ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

extraction from bacteria; intracellular (di)nucleotide concentration; ion pair reversed phase HPLC

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0343267785     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7012(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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