An efficient multistrategy DNA decontamination procedure of PCR reagents for hypersensitive PCR applications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Champlot, Sophie ^a   Berthelot, Camille ^a,b   Pruvost, Mélanie ^a,c   Andrew Bennett, E ^a   Grange, Thierry ^a   Geigl, Eva Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 77958605242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013042     Document Type: Article

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