Development of isothermal TaqMan assays for detection of biothreat organisms

BioTechniques

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-557

  Tong, Yanhong ^a,b   Tang, Wen ^a   Kim, Hyu Jin ^a   Pan, Xiaojing ^a   Ranalli, Tamara A ^a   Kong, Huimin ^a  

^a BioHelix Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 57349156882     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112959     Document Type: Article

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