A strategy to verify the absence of the pgm locus in Yersinia pestis strain candidates for select agent exemption

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-319

  Jenkins, Amy L ^a   Worsham, Patricia L ^a   Welkos, Susan L ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pgm locus; Polymerase chain reaction; Select agent rules; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 67349259986     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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