Primers for amplifying an alanine racemase gene fragment to detect E. coli strains in foods

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-575

  Yokoigawa, K ^a   Inoue, K ^a   Okubo, Y ^a   Kawai, H ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Detection; E. coli; Oligonucleotide primer; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF; CHICKEN; EDETIC ACID; EGG; GENETIC STRAIN; MILK; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; POTATO; PRIMER DNA; SEROTYPE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOYBEAN; TOMATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SHIGELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032842005     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb15087.x     Document Type: Article

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