On the nature and use of randomly amplified DNA from Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2770-2777

  Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Sijmons, Marly ^a   Sluijs, Jacqueline ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGRA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0029907574     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2770-2777.1996     Document Type: Article

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