An assessment of air as a source of DNA contamination encountered when performing PCR

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 236-240

  Witt, Nina ^a   Rodger, Gillian ^a   Vandesompele, Jo ^b   Benes, Vladimir ^c   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Rook, Graham A ^a   Huggett, Jim F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; Alu repeat; B1 element; qPCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLEANING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

AIR; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA;

EID: 77953678250     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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