Real-time PCR assays targeting a unique chromosomal sequence of Yersinia pestis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1778-1785

  Chase, Catherine J ^a   Ulrich, Melanie P ^a   Wasieloski Jr , Leonard P ^a   Kondig, John P ^a   Garrison, Jeffrey ^b   Lindler, Luther E ^c   Kulesh, David A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YP48 GENE; ZOONOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 25444484917     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.051839     Document Type: Article

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