Study of the effects of a chayotte (Sechium edule) extract on the plasmid Puc. 9.1 DNA

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Dire G F ^a,b,d   Coura, M F M C ^d   Almeida, M C L ^d   Vasconcelos, S D D ^d   Siqueira, P R A ^d   Duarte, R M ^d   Rodrigues, J S ^d   Oliveira, J C S ^d   Fernandes, M L ^b   Bernardo Filho, M ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^d ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chayotte; Nuclear medicine; Plasmidial DNA; Stannous chloride

Indexed keywords

SECHIUM EDULE;

EID: 35349031136     PISSN: 18125387     EISSN: 18125425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ppj.2007.72.76     Document Type: Article

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