Rapid identification of Streptococcus pyogenes with PCR primers from a putative transcriptional regulator gene

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 564-567

  Liu, Dongyou ^a   Hollingshead, Susan ^b   Swiatlo, Edwin ^c   Lawrence, Mark L ^a   Austin, Frank W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; PCR; Streptococcus pyogenes; Transcriptional regulator gene

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 18144373447     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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