Analysis of chromosome/allele loss in genetically unstable yeast by quantitative real-time PCR

BioTechniques

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 685-690

  Lo, Yi Chen ^a   Kurtz, Richard B ^b,c   Nickoloff, Jac A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MJ Research Inc   (United States)

^c MJ Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME LOSS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

EID: 18444362133     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05385BM01     Document Type: Article

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