Isolation of Knotted DNA from Coliphage P4

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 94, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-74

  Isaksen, Morten ^a   Julien, Bryan ^b   Calendar, Richard ^c   Lindqvist, Björn H ^d  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cesium Chloride; Expected Recovery; Luria Broth; Phage Particle; Phage Suspension

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; VIRUS CAPSID;

CAPSID; COLIPHAGES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 4444367427     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-259-7:69     Document Type: Chapter

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