Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to microbial ecology

Methods in Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-186

  Hastings, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACRYLAMIDE; DNA; FORMAMIDE; RNA; UREA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA PROBE; ELECTROBLOTTING; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930204077     PISSN: 19406061     EISSN: 1940607X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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