Multi-pathogens sequence containing plasmids as positive controls for universal detection of potential agents of bioterrorism

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-30

  Charrel, Remy N ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; PRIMER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; GCGGCCGC SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GCGGCCGC-SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION SITE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALLPOX VIRUS; YERSINIA PESTIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BURKHOLDERIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTERRORISM; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUSES;

EID: 2942661978     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-21     Document Type: Article

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