Development and Testing of a DNA Macroarray to Assess Nitrogenase (nifH) Gene Diversity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1455-1465

  Steward, Grieg F ^a   Jenkins, Bethany D ^b   Ward, Bess B ^c   Zehr, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CLONING; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES;

DNA;

DNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MACROARRAY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE PROBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIFH GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642330746     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1455-1465.2004     Document Type: Article

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