A RAPID AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF DNA FROM LICHENS AND THEIR SYMBIONTS

Authors
Citation
D. Armaleo et P. Clerc, A RAPID AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF DNA FROM LICHENS AND THEIR SYMBIONTS, Lichenologist, 27, 1995, pp. 207-213
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00242829
Volume
27
Year of publication
1995
Part
3
Pages
207 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-2829(1995)27:<207:ARAIMF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A simple DNA extraction method is described, applicable to many differ ent kinds of lichens. The method involves the use of the detergents DT AB and CTAB and yields DNA that can be directly amplified with the pol ymerase chain reaction or digested with restriction enzymes.