A positive-control PCR assay that is based on chloroplast ndhB sequences and applicable to nucleic acid extractions from diverse plant taxa

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-78

  Timmerman Vaughan, Gail M ^a   Pither Joyce, Meeghan ^a   Clover, Gerard ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endogenous positive control; Nucleic acid extraction; Plant pathogen detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645568968     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 07359640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02772650     Document Type: Article

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