Molecular applications for identifying microbial pathogens in the post-9/11 era

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-445

  Cebula, Thomas A ^a   Brown, Eric W ^a   Jackson, Scott A ^a   Mammel, Mark K ^a   Mukherjee, Amit ^a   LeClerc, J Eugene ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Bioterrorism; Escherichia coli; Genome; Microbial forensics; MLVA; PCR; Pyrosequencing; SNP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPILLARY SEQUENCING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MAPPING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME SEQUENCING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 18844407527     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.5.3.431     Document Type: Review

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