Development of verotoxin 2- and verotoxin 2 variant (VT2v)-specific oligonucleotide probes on the basis of the nucleotide sequence of the B cistron of VT2v from Escherichia coli E32511 and B2F1.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on December 01, 1991

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J H Hii1, C Gyles, T Morooka, M A Karmali, R Clarke, S De Grandis, J L Brunton

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1: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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