The isolation and cloning of chromosomal DNA specific for a clonal population of Staphylococcus aureus by subtractive hybridisation

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 987-997

  El Adhami, W A ^a,c   Stewart, P R ^a   Matthaei, K I ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030865418     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-12-987     Document Type: Article

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