Reverse line blot assay for direct identification of seven Streptococcus agalactiae major surface protein antigen genes

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Zhao, Zuotao ^a,b   Kong, Fanrong ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,c  

^a Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALP 1 PROTEIN; ALP 2 PROTEIN; ALP 3 PROTEIN; ALP 4 PROTEIN; ALP 5 PROTEIN; BAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCA PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; EPSILON PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A BINDING PROTEIN; RIB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS REACTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOT ASSAY; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33645128493     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.13.1.145-149.2006     Document Type: Article

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