Detection of 400-year-old Yersinia pestis DNA in human dental pulp: An approach to the diagnosis of ancient septicemia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 12637-12640

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Aboudharam, Gérard ^a   Signoli, Michel ^b   Dutour, Olivier ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Paleomicrobiology; pla gene; rpoB gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SKELETON; TOOTH PULP; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARTES PENNANTI; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032514632     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12637     Document Type: Article

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