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Enabling the Spaceflight Methylome: DNA Isolated from Plant Tissues Preserved in RNAlater® Is Suitable for Bisulfite PCR Assay of Genome Methylation Cover

Enabling the Spaceflight Methylome: DNA Isolated from Plant Tissues Preserved in RNAlater® Is Suitable for Bisulfite PCR Assay of Genome Methylation

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|Jul 2020

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Language: English
Page range: 28 - 37
Published on: Jul 18, 2020
Published by: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
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© 2020 Collin E. LeFrois, Mingqi Zhou, David Moraga Amador, Natasha Sng, Anna-Lisa Paul, Robert J. Ferl, published by American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
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