Development of polymerase chain reaction-based assays for bacterial gene detection

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-209

  Johnson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Primer design; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033848704     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00160-3     Document Type: Review

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