Simple and Highly Discriminatory VNTR-Based Multiplex PCR for Tracing Sources of Aspergillus flavus Isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Dong Ying ^a,b   Hadj Henni, Leila ^b   Thierry, Simon ^b   Arné, Pascal ^c   Chermette, René ^c   Botterel, Françoise ^b   Hadrich, Inès ^d   Makni, Fattouma ^d   Ayadi, Ali ^d   Ranque, Stéphane ^e,f   Huang, Wei Yi ^a   Guillot, Jacques ^c  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANSES   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f APHM Timone   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHINA; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNISIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; AVES; FUNGI;

EID: 84866437203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044204     Document Type: Article

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