Discrimination of S. aureus strains by PCR for r-RNA gene spacer size polymorphism and comparison to Smai macrorestriction patterns

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-476

  Cuny, Christa ^a   Claus, Hermann ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XMAI; RIBOSOME RNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030119112     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80123-X     Document Type: Article

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