In silico vs in vitro analysis of primer specificity for the detection of Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae and Lactobacillus spp.

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Henriques, Ana ^a   Cereija, Tatiana ^a   MacHado, António ^a   Cerca, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. vaginae; G. vaginalis; In silico primer testing; In vitro primer testing; Lactobacillus spp.; Primer sensitivity; Primer specificity

Indexed keywords

ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS;

PRIMER DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84868697384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-637     Document Type: Article

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