Failure to detect capsule gene bexA in Haemophilus influenzae types e and f by real-time PCR due to sequence variation within probe binding sites

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-455

  Sam, I C ^a   Smith, M ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEXA GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE C; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE D; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE E; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE F; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18044394370     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45836-0     Document Type: Article

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