Rapid screening of a large insert BAC library for specific 16S rRNA genes using TRFLP

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-161

  Babcock, D A ^a,b   Wawrik, B ^a   Paul, J H ^c   McGuinness, L ^a   Kerkhof, L J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

384 well; Bac library screening; Multiplex; TRFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COSMID; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SCREENING; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35148876984     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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