A one-step method for quantitative determination of uracil in DNA by real-time PCR

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Horváth, András ^a   Vértessy, Beáta G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENZYMOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DEOXYURIDINE; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; URACIL;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 84855639293     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq815     Document Type: Article

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