Strain-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames strain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-53

  Van Ert, Matthew N ^a   Easterday, W Ryan ^a   Simonson, Tatum S ^a   U'Ren, Jana M ^a   Pearson, Talima ^a   Kenefic, Leo J ^a   Busch, Joseph D ^a   Huynh, Lynn Y ^a   Dukerich, Megan ^a   Trim, Carla B ^a   Beaudry, Jodi ^a   Welty Bernard, Amy ^a   Read, Timothy ^c   Fraser, Claire M ^c   Ravel, Jacques ^c   Keim, Paul ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOTERRORISM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. AMES;

EID: 33846185879     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01233-06     Document Type: Article

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