Automated DNA fingerprinting analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using fluorescent detection of PCR products

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1801-1803

  Butler, W Ray ^a   Haas, Walter H ^b   Crawford, Jack T ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE INSERTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029941244     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1801-1803.1996     Document Type: Article

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