Molecular approaches towards assessment of cyanobacterial biodiversity

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4284-4298

  Kumari, Nidhi ^a   Srivastava, Ashish Kumar ^a,b   Bhargava, Poonam ^a   Rai, Lal Chand ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; ARDRA; ARISA; Biodiversity; Cyanobacteria; DGGE; Molecular approaches; Molecular markers; nif gene; Phycocyanin locus; RAPD; RFLP; RISA; rpo gene; SSCP; T RFLP; TGGE

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349521975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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