Multiplex PCR for detection of three plasmid-borne genes of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2138-2140

  Cerna, Jorge F ^a   Nataro, James P ^b   Estrada Garcia, Teresa ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AA PROBE GENE; AAP GENE; AGG R GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038289203     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2138-2140.2003     Document Type: Article

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