A survey of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplification studies of unicellular protists using single-cell pcr

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 406-412

  Lynn, Denis H ^a   Pinheiro, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Dubosquella; Entamoeba; Paramecium; RRNA; Sequencing; Taq; Tetrahymena; Trypanosoma; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DINOFLAGELLATE; LYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALEXANDRIUM; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; ENTAMOEBA; EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 69949108492     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00439.x     Document Type: Review

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