Optimal eukaryotic 18S and universal 16S/18S ribosomal RNA primers and their application in a study of symbiosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Yong ^a,b   Tian, Ren Mao ^a   Gao, Zhao Ming ^a   Bougouffa, Salim ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84897002640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090053     Document Type: Article

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