An ultrasensitive site-specific DNA recombination assay based on dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Jahnz, Michael ^a   Schwille, Petra ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINASE; DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; COLOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLOR; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 28644447779     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni060     Document Type: Article

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