title: Diagnostic assay for Helicobacter hepaticus based on nucleotide sequence of its 16S rRNA gene.
abstract: Conserved primers were used to PCR amplify 95% of the Helicobacter hepaticus 16S rRNA gene. Its sequence was determined and aligned to those of related bacteria, enabling the selection of primers to highly diverged regions of the 16S rRNA gene and an oligonucleotide probe for the development of a PCR-liquid hybridization assay. This assay was shown to be both sensitive and specific for H. hepaticus 16S rRNA gene sequences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Structure, Program Resources, Inc./DynCorp, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702-1201, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Battles
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Gorelick
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gonda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S