5' nuclease PCR assay to detect Yersinia pestis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2284-2288

  Higgins, James A ^a   Ezzell, John ^a   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^b   Shipley, Michelle ^a   Henchal, Erik A ^a   Ibrahim, M Sofi ^a,c  

^a Dept of Immunol and Molec Biology Bldg 1425 U States Army Med R   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA TEMPLATE; FLEA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031926178     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2284-2288.1998     Document Type: Article

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