Cloning and sequencing an unknown gene of Tropheryma whipplei and development of two LightCycler® PCR assays

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Maibach, Romana C ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; LightCycler ; Real time PCR; Tropheryma whipplei; Unknown gene; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI;

EID: 0037628335     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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