Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Willerslev, Eske ^a,b   Hansen, Anders J ^a   Rønn, Regin ^a   Brand, Tina B ^a   Barnes, Ian ^b   Wiuf, Carsten ^c   Gilichinsky, David ^d   Mitchell, David ^e   Cooper, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347596719     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.012     Document Type: Note

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