Identification and characterization of immunoglobulin G in blood as a major inhibitor of diagnostic PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 345-350

  Al Soud, Waleed Abu ^a   Jönsson, Leif J ^a   Rådström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BLOOD; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOFOCUSING; DNA TEMPLATE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEATING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ARTIFACTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 0343938892     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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