Extraction of high-quality, melanin-free RNA from Mycosphaerella fijiensis for cDNA preparation

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Islas Flores, Ignacio ^a   Peraza Echeverría, Leticia ^a   Canto Canché, Blondy ^a   Rodríguez García, Cecilia Mónica ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cDNA synthesis; Melanin; Mycosphaerella fijiensis; RNA isolation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GELS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CDNA SYNTHESIS; FORMALDEHYDE-AGAROSE GELS; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASEPOLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (RT-PCR) TRANSCRIPT AMPLIFICATIONS;

RNA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELANIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BANANA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MELANINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; MUSA SP.; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;

EID: 33748351385     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:34:1:45     Document Type: Article

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