PCR detection of pathogenic Leptospira genomospecies targeting putative transcriptional regulator genes

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Liu, Dongyou ^a   Lawrence, Mark L ^a   Austin, Frank W ^a   Ainsworth, A Jerald ^a   Pace, Lanny W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Leptospira; Pathogenic; PCR; Transcriptional regulator gene

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GENES; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

IDENTIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; PATHOGENIC; PCR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE; GENE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE;

LEPTOSPIRA;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

GENES, REGULATOR; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33745021409     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-120     Document Type: Article

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