Detection of Yersinia pestis by pesticin fluorogenic probe-coupled PCR

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-114

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

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

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; DNA; PCR; Pesticin; Plague; Probe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034128163     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2000.0295     Document Type: Article

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