Application of real-time long and short polymerase chain reaction for sensitive monitoring of the fate of extracellular plasmid DNA introduced into river waters

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Maruyama, Fumito ^a   Tani, Katsuji ^a   Kenzaka, Takehiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA uptake; Extracellular DNA; In situ RCA; Real time long PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349902258     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.229     Document Type: Article

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