PCR detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae apxIV gene in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung tissues and comparison with in situ hybridization

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-60

  Cho, W S ^a   Chae, C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Apx toxin; Formalin fixed tissue; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FORMALDEHYDE; GENES; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; PARAFFINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; APX TOXIN; FORMALIN-FIXED TISSUE; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG TISSUE; NESTED PCR; PCR DETECTION; POSITIVE SIGNALS; SEROTYPES; SPECIES SPECIFICS;

TISSUE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038817911     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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