Isolation of a specific chromosomic DNA sequence of Bacillus anthracis and its possible use in diagnosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-231

  Patra, Guy ^a,b   Sylvestre, Patricia ^b   Ramisse, Vincent ^b   Thérasse, Joël ^b   Guesdon, Jean Luc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; diagnosis; hybridisation; oligonucleotide probes; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030273474     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(96)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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