Specific Bacillus anthracis identification by a plcR-targeted restriction site insertion-PCR (RSI-PCR) assay

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Gierczyński, Rafał ^a   Zasada, Aleksandra A ^a   Raddadi, Noura ^b   Merabishvili, Maya ^c   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Rastawicki, Waldemar ^a   Jagielski, Marek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage Microbiology and Virology   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; plcR; RSI PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION SITE INSERTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 34250631411     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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