Comparison of different bead-beating RNA extraction strategies: An optimized method for filamentous fungi

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-418

  Leite, Gonçalo M ^a   Magan, Naresh ^a   Medina, Ángel ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bead beating; Fungi; RNA extraction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS HANDLING; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA PURIFICATION;

FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCOLOGY; RNA, FUNGAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84857236009     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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