Employment of broad-range 16S rRNA PCR to detect aetiological agents of infection from clinical specimens in patients with acute meningitis - rapid separation of 16S rRNA PCR amplicons without the need for cloning
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 94 (2) , 197-206
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01839.x
Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to develop a polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) method for the rapid separation of 16S rRNA PCR amplicons from aetiological agents of acute meningitis. Methods ...Keywords
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