Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis of bacterial rRNA for detection and characterization of bacterial species in arthritis synovial tissue

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 6012-6026

  Kempsell, K E ^a   Cox, C J ^a   Hurle, M ^a   Wong, A ^a   Wilkie, S ^a   Zanders, E D ^a   Gaston, J S H ^a   Crowe, J S ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033806602     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.6012-6026.2000     Document Type: Article

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