Development of a multiplex PCR (m-PCR) test for rapid identification of genes encoding heat-labile (LTI) and heat-stable (STI and STII) toxins of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) with internal control of amplification

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-10

  Weiner, Marcin ^a   Osek, Jacek ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

ETEC; LTI; M PCR; STI; STII enterotoxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3042610455     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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