A new PCR followed by MboI digestion for the detection of all variants of the Clostridium perfringens cpb2 gene

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 412-416

  van Asten, Alphons J A M ^a   Allaart, Janneke G ^a   Meeles, Arjan D ^a   Gloudemans, Peggy W J M ^a   Houwers, Dirk J ^b   Gröne, Andrea ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta2 toxin; Clostridium perfringens; cpb2; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPA GENE; CPB GENE; CPB2 GENE; ETX GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IAP GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SUIDAE;

EID: 38749099857     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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