Detection of Various Variant Verotoxin Genes in Escherichia coli by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 543-548

  Lin, Zaw ^a   Kurazono, Hisao ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Verotoxin gene

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOTOXINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027359763     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1993.tb01675.x     Document Type: Article

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