Multi-platform comparison of ten commercial master mixes for probe-based real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of bioterrorism threat agents for surge preparedness

Forensic Science International

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Buzard, Gregory S ^a,b   Baker, Daniel ^a   Wolcott, Mark J ^b   Norwood, David A ^b   Dauphin, Leslie A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Master mix; Real time PCR; Select agents; Surge preparedness

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE TARGETING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84870266395     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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