Development of a PCR-ELISA assay for diagnosis of Perkinsus marinus and Perkinsus atlanticus infections in bivalve molluscs

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Elandalloussi, Laurence M ^a   Leite, Ricardo M ^a   Afonso, Ricardo ^a   Nunes, Patrícia A ^a   Robledo, José A F ^b   Vasta, Gerardo R ^b   Cancela, M Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Hybridisation; Intergenic spacer; PCR; Perkinsus; rRNA

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA; ETHIDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLAM; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PERKINSUS ATLANTICUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, RRNA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATLANTICUS; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS ATLANTICUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 1642502971     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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