PCR detection of type I polyketide synthase genes in myxobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5571-5574

  Komaki, Hisayuki ^a   Fudou, Ryosuke ^b   Iizuka, Takashi ^b   Nakajima, Daisuke ^c   Okazaki, Koei ^c   Shibata, Daisuke ^c   Ojika, Makoto ^d   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COSMIC RAYS; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DNA ENCODING; MYXOBACTERIA; POLYKETIDES;

GENES;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCALES; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MYXOCOCCALES;

EID: 50949132713     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00224-08     Document Type: Article

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