A fluorescent based PCR assay for the detection and quantitation of Giardia duodenalis genotypes in mixed populations

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Johnson, Megan L ^a   Berryman, David I ^a   Reynoldson, James A ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Giardia duodenalis; Quantitative PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEASE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0038178847     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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