Detection of rRNA from four respiratory pathogens using an automated Qβ replicase assay

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 359-370

  Stone, Benjamin B ^a,b   Cohen, Seth P ^a   Breton, Gary L ^a,c   Nietupski, Raymond M ^a,c   Pelletier, Dale A ^a,d   Fiandaca, Mark J ^a,e   Moe, James G ^a,f   Smith, James H ^a,c   Shah, Jyotsna S ^a,e   Weisburg, William G ^a,g  

^a GENE TRAK   (United States)

^b GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e BioMérieux Vitek Inc ^*  (United States)

^f BioMerieux Inc   (United States)

^g Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Mycobacterium avium; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumocystis carinii; Respiratory pathogen; RNA; Signal amplification

Indexed keywords

Q BETA REPLICASE; RIBOSOME RNA; THIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030271650     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0049     Document Type: Article

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