Constraints imposed by supercoiling on in vitro amplification of polyomavirus DNA

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3383-3388

  Laghi, Luigi ^a   Randolph, Ann E ^b   Malesci, Alberto ^a,c   Boland, C Richard ^d  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I, EUKARYOTIC; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

MAMMALIA; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 7444253467     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80039-0     Document Type: Article

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