Evaluation of two set of primers for detection of immediate early gene UL123 of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Bergallo, Massimiliano ^a   Costa, Cristina ^a   Terlizzi, Maria Elena ^a   Margio, Samuela ^a   Sidoti, Francesca ^a   Sinesi, Franca ^a   Cavallo, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCMV; Lytic HCMV gene expression; Primer; RT PCR; UL123 m RNA

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; RNA;

HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (HCMV); RENAL TRANSPLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; KIDNEY GRAFT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38949159296     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-007-0074-5     Document Type: Article

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