Two electrophoreses in different pH buffers to purify forest soil DNA contaminated with humic substances

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2401-2407

  Hou, Weiguo ^a,b   Lian, Bin ^a   Rothenberg, Sarah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Forest soil; Humic substances; pH; Specific charge; Two step electrophoreses

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOREST SOIL; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77951746208     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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