Mycobacterium xenopi IS1395, a novel insertion sequence expanding the IS256 family

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2453-2461

  Picardeau, M ^a   Varnerot, A ^a   Rauzier, J ^a   Gicquel, B ^a   Vincent, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

IS1395; IS256 family; M. xenopi; RFLP typing

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029768890     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2453     Document Type: Article

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