A universal primer set for PCR amplification of nuclear histone H4 genes from all animal species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 582-588

  Pineau, Pascal ^a   Henry, Michel ^a   Suspène, Rodolphe ^a   Marchio, Agnès ^a   Dettai, Agnès ^b   Debruyne, Régis ^b   Petit, Thierry ^c   Lécu, Alexis ^b   Moisson, Pierre ^d   Dejean, Anne ^a   Wain Hobson, Simon ^a   Vartanian, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Zoo de la Palmyre ^*  (France)

^d Jardin Zoologique   (France)

Author keywords

Histone H4; PCR; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H4; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GORILLA; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; HISTONES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 20044372514     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi053     Document Type: Article

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