Detection of Escherichia coli and identification of enterotoxigenic strains by primer-directed enzymatic amplification of specific DNA sequences

Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase

Randall K. Saiki, David H. Gelfand, Susanne Stoffel et al. · Science · 1988 · 17.2K citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology +12

Rapid and specific detection of verotoxin genes in Escherichia coli by the polymerase chain reaction

D. R. Pollard, W M Johnson, H. Lior et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 374 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

Single primer pair for amplifying segments of distinct Shiga-like-toxin genes by polymerase chain reaction

Helge Karch, Thomas F. Meyer · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1989 · 269 citations · Full text

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Nucleotide sequence of the bacterial transposon Tn1681 encoding a heat-stable (ST) toxin and its identification in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains.

Magdalene So, Brian J. McCarthy · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 252 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Isolation and nucleotide sequence determination of a gene encoding a heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli

S L Moseley, Jonathan Hardy, Michael Hug et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1983 · 223 citations · Full text

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