PCR detection of the bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene relies on robust primer design

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 239-240

  Aitchison, Alan ^a   Frizelle, Frank A ^a   Keenan, Jacqueline I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2',3' DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FRAGILYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA TEMPLATE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84954339124     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02785-15     Document Type: Letter

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