Quantitative Measurement of Fungal DNA Extracted by Three Different Methods Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-343

  Kabir, Shaila ^a   Rajendran, Narasimmalu ^a   Amemiya, Takashi ^a   Itoh, Kiminori ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Aspergillus fumigatus; Copy number; DNA extraction; Model system; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY;

PRIMER PAIRS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FUNGAL DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0345059757     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.96.337     Document Type: Article

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