Characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Pacheco, A B F ^a   Guth, B E C ^b   De Almeida, D F ^a   Ferreira, L C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enteritis; Epidemiological tool; Escherichia coli; ETEC; Genetic polymorphism; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029929621     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)80217-8     Document Type: Article

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