A system of oligonucleotide primers for the amplification of nifH genes of different taxonomic groups of prokaryotes

Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-78

  Marusina, A I ^a   Boulygina, E S ^b   Kuznetsov, B B ^b   Tourova, T P ^c   Kravchenko, I K ^c   Gal'chenko, V F ^c  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

NifH; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase genes; Oligonucleotide primers; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347552234     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004849022417     Document Type: Article

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