Agarose gel electrophoresis for the separation of DNA fragments

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Pei Yun ^a   Costumbrado, John ^a   Hsu, Chih Yuan ^a   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose; DNA separation; Ethidium bromide; Gel electrophoresis; Genetics; Issue 62

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860625202     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3923     Document Type: Article

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