Comparison of Four Diagnostic Methods for Detection of Helicobacter Species in Laboratory Mice

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-91

  Mähler, Michael ^a   Bedigian, Hendrick G ^a   Burgett, Bradford L ^a   Bates, Rachel J ^a   Hogan, Margaret E ^a   Sundberg, John P ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031988975     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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