Wolbachia detection: An assessment of standard PCR Protocols

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-572

  Simoes P M ^a,b   Mialdea, G ^b   Reiss, D ^b   Sagot, M F ^a   Charlat, S ^b  

^a Équipe BAMBOO INRIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; MLST; PCR methods; Specificity; Wolbachia screening

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DNA PRIMERS; ENTOMOLOGY; NEMATODA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79954594680     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02955.x     Document Type: Article

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