Development of species-specific PCR techniques for the detection of tortoise herpesvirus

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 513-516

  Murakami, Masaru ^a   Matsuba, Chikako ^a   Une, Yumi ^a   Nomura, Yasuo ^a   Fujitani, Hideo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURTLE; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

EID: 0035512717     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300610     Document Type: Article

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