Crosslinks rather than strand breaks determine access to ancient DNA sequences from frozen sediments

Genetics

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1175-1179

  Hansen, Anders J ^a   Mitchell, David L ^b   Wiuf, Carsten ^c   Paniker, Lakshmi ^b   Brand, Tina B ^a   Binladen, Jonas ^a   Gilichinsky, David A ^d   Rønn, Regin ^e   Willerslev, Eske ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROXYL GROUP; PHOSPHATE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; DIAGENESIS; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MODEL; KINETICS; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SURVIVAL TIME;

CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOSSILS; FREEZING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SIBERIA; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745358864     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.057349     Document Type: Article

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