A PCR-RFLP method for the detection of Helicobacter hepaticus in frozen or fixed liver from B6C3F1 mice

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 606-612

  Malarkey, David E ^a,b   Ton, Thai Vu ^b   Hailey, James R ^b   Devereux, Theodora R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival tissues; Bioassay; Diagnostic assay; Mouse liver carcinogenesis; National Toxicology Program (NTP); Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER MURIDARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031471145     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339702500611     Document Type: Article

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