Typing of verotoxins by DNA colony hybridization with poly- and oligonucleotide probes, a bead-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and polymerase chain reaction

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Yamasaki, Shinji ^a,b   Lin, Zaw ^a   Shirai, Hiromasa ^a   Terai, Akito ^a   Oku, Yuichi ^c   Ito, Hideaki ^a   Ohmura, Mari ^a,b   Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a   Tsukamoto, Teizo ^d   Kurazono, Hisao ^a,b   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Institute for Diagnostic Reagents   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bead ELISA; Colony hybridization test; PCR; Shiga like toxin; Typing; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 9344231980     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01078.x     Document Type: Article

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