Development of a nested polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection and identification of Pythium insidiosum

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-152

  Grooters, Amy M ^a   Gee, Melaney K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal disease; Lagenidium; Molecular diagnostics; Oomycosis; Pythiosis; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYTHIUM; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, RRNA; HORSES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYTHIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036515931     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb02346.x     Document Type: Article

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