Megaprimer-based methodology for deletion of a large fragment within a repetitive polypyrimidine-rich DNA

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Söderberg, Malin ^a   Lang, Matti A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Large deletion; Megaprimer; Repetitive sequence

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CROSSLINKING; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RNA;

GENE REGULATION; MEGAPRIMER; REPETITIVE SEQUENCE; TRANS-FACTORS;

DNA;

DNA FRAGMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIVER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; REPETITIVE DNA; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29644445307     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/mb:32:1:065     Document Type: Article

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