Use of an alkaline phosphatase-conjugated oligonucleotide probe for the gene encoding the bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2819-2821

  Nagayama, Kenichi ^a   Bi, Zhenqiang ^a,c   Oguchi, Tomiaki ^a   Takarada, Yutaka ^b   Shibata, Shuji ^b   Honda, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyobo Research Center   (Japan)

^c Anti Epidem Stn of Shandong Prov   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM PILUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029974101     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2819-2821.1996     Document Type: Article

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