Nucleic acid contamination of glycogen used in nucleic acid precipitation and assessment of linear polyacryl amide as an alternative co-precipitant

BioTechniques

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1019-1022

  Bartram, Andrea K ^a   Poon, Calvin ^a   Neufeld, Josh D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrier; Co precipitant; Contamination; Genomics; Glycogen; Linear polyacrylamide; Nucleic acid; Stable isotope probing

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DNA; GLYCOGEN; MACROGOL; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DNA CONTAMINATION; GLYCOGEN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953993164     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113276     Document Type: Article

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