Assessment of DNA yield and purity: An overlooked detail of PCR troubleshooting

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Boesenberg Smith, Kelly A ^a   Pessarakli, Mohammad M ^b   Wolk, Donna M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER SALT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; PICOGREEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; BOOM TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IONIC STRENGTH; MAGNET SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84855977480     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: 18734391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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