Molecular detection and identification of intimin alleles in pathogenic Escherichia coli by multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2719-2722

  Reid, Sean D ^a   Betting, David J ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032796761     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2719-2722.1999     Document Type: Article

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