Specific detection of Bacillus anthracis using a TaqMan® mismatch amplification mutation assay

BioTechniques

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 731-735

  Easterday, William R ^a   Van Ert, Matthew N ^a   Zanecki, Shaylan ^a   Keim, Paul ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS; MUTATION ASSAYS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SNP);

BACTERIA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAQMAN MISMATCH AMPLIFICATION MUTATION ASSAY; TECHNIQUE;

ARENA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 18444410761     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05385ST03     Document Type: Article

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