Detection of Yersinia pestis using branched DNA

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Iqbal, S S ^a   Chambers, J P ^a   Brubaker, R R ^b   Goode, M T ^c   Valdes, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

bDNA; Detection; pla; Probes; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032808167     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1999.0255     Document Type: Article

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