Utilization of the rpoB Gene as a Specific Chromosomal Marker for Real-Time PCR Detection of Bacillus anthracis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3720-3727

  Qi, Yuan ^a,b   Patra, Guy ^a   Liang, Xudong ^a   Williams, Leanne E ^a   Rose, Sharon ^a   Redkar, Rajendra J ^a   DelVecchio, Vito G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035432250     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3720-3727.2001     Document Type: Article

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