A multiplex-PCR for the differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Shah, D H ^a   Verma, Rishendra ^a   Bakshi, C S ^b   Singh, R K ^b  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037183405     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00844-3     Document Type: Article

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