Detection of Bacillus anthracis DNA by LightCycler PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2897-2902

  Bell, Constance A ^a   Uhl, James R ^a   Hadfield, Ted L ^a   David, John C ^a   Meyer, Richard F ^a   Smith, Thomas F ^a   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036702025     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2897-2902.2002     Document Type: Article

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