Isolation of high molecular weight DNA from forest topsoil for metagenomic analysis

Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Pang, Mei Fong ^a   Abdullah, Noorlidah ^a   Lee, Choon Weng ^a   Ng, Ching Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

High molecular weight (hmw) dna; Metagenomic; Metagenomic library construction

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 65449144767     PISSN: 01287451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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