Multiplex PCR as a tool for validating plasmid content of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Bunikis, Ignas ^a   Kutschan Bunikis, Sabrina ^a   Bonde, Mari ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Multiplex PCR; Plasmid profiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA CONTENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 79959747151     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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