Detection of the Escherichia coli Group 2 Polysaccharide Capsule Synthesis Gene kpsM by a Rapid and Specific PCR-Based Assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1773-1776

  Johnson, James R ^a,b   O'Bryan, Timothy T ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KPSM GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 16544387365     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1773-1776.2004     Document Type: Article

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