Nature of DNA polymorphism in the direct repeat cluster of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; application for strain differentiation by a novel typing method

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1057-1065

  Groenen, Peter M A ^a   Bunschoten, Annelies E ^a   Soolingen, Dick van ^a   Errtbden, Jan D A van ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0027724480     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00976.x     Document Type: Article

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