The evidence of contaminant bacterial DNA in several commercial Taq polymerases

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8007-8012

  Iulia, Lupan ^a   Bianca, Ianc Maria ^a   Cornelia, Ochiş ^a   Octavian, Popescu ^a,b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene; PCR; Polymerase contamination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875919616     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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