Terminal restriction fragment length measurement errors are affected mainly by fragment length, G+C nucleotide content and secondary structure melting point

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Bukovská, Petra ^a   Jelínková, Markéta ^b   Hršelová, Hana ^b   Sỳkorová, Zuzana ^a   Gryndler, Milan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA fragment; Drift; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PURINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955657133     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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