Use of tuf sequences for genus-specific PCR detection and phylogenetic analysis of 28 streptococcal species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3686-3695

  Picard, François J ^a   Ke, Danbing ^a,b,c   Boudreau, Dominique K ^a   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Huletsky, Ann ^a,b   Richard, Dave ^a,b   Ouellette, Marc ^a,b   Roy, Paul H ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Bioniche Therapeutics Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA PURIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TUF GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 3843071047     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3686-3695.2004     Document Type: Article

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