Non specific PCR products using rat-derived Pneumocystis carinii dihydrofolate reductase gene-specific primers in DNA amplification of human respiratory samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Ortona, Elena ^a   Margutti, Paola ^a   De Luca, Andrea ^b   Peters, Sarah E ^c   Wakefield, Ann E ^d   Tamburrini, Enrica ^b   Mencarini, Paola ^b   Visconti, Elena ^b   Siracusano, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DHFR; DNA sequence; Pneumocystis carinii; PVR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0029890467     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0026     Document Type: Article

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