Plasmid DNA topology assayed by two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-132

  Schvartzman, Jorge B ^a   Martínez Robles, María Luisa ^a   Hernández, Pablo ^a   Krimer, Dora B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catenanes; DNA replication; DNA topology; Knots; Supercoiling; Topoisomerases

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922831330     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-565-1_7     Document Type: Article

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