Genome-wide gene deletions in streptococcus sanguinis by high Throughput PCR

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 69, 2012, Pages

  Ge, Xiuchun ^a   Xu, Ping ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Genes; Genetics; Genome wide gene deletions; Genomics; High throughput; Issue 69; Microbiology; Molecular biology; PCR; Streptococcus; Streptococcus sanguinis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870309957     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4356     Document Type: Article

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