Molecular detection of Yersinia pestis in dental pulp

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-265

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b,g   Cuccui, Jon ^c   White, William ^d   Lynnerup, Niels ^e   Titball, Richard W ^f   Cooper, Alan ^b   Prentice, Michael B ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; TAQ POLYMERASE;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENTIN; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTH PULP; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 1242296239     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26885-0     Document Type: Note

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