Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of the thermo-treatment process to dispose of recombinant DNA waste from biological research laboratories

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 791-797

  Li, Meng Nan ^a   Zheng, Guang Hong ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Xiao, Wei ^b   Fu, Xiao Hua ^a   Le, Yi Quan ^a   Ren, Da Ming ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Decay denaturation; Gene diffusion; Plasmid DNA; Thermo treatment; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IONIC STRENGTH; LABORATORIES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DECAY/DENATURATION; PLASMID DNA; THERMO-TREATMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

RECOMBINANT DNA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINATION; SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEATING; LABORATORIES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56949104957     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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