Broad-range real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of cell-line contaminants and clinically important mollicute species

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Störmer, Melanie ^a   Vollmer, Tanja ^a   Henrich, Birgit ^b   Kleesiek, Knut ^a   Dreier, Jens ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell line contamination; Mollicutes; Multiplex PCR; Mycoplasma; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR TU;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA ORALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MOLLICUTES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 63549138830     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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