The potential of TaqMan array cards for detection of multiple biological agents by real-time PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Rachwal, Phillip A ^a   Rose, Helen L ^a   Cox, Victoria ^a   Lukaszewski, Roman A ^a   Murch, Amber L ^a   Weller, Simon A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAQMAN ARRAY CARD; YERSINIA PESTIS; BACTERIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84859962623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035971     Document Type: Article

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