Subspecific differentiation of Mycobacterium avium complex strains by automated sequencing of a region of the gene (hsp65) encoding a 65-kilodalton heat shock protein

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 414-419

  Swanson, Douglas S ^a,b   Kapur, Vivek ^b,f   Stockbauer, Kathryn ^b   Pan, Xi ^b   Frothingham, Richard ^c,d   Musser, James M ^b,e  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030968531     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-414     Document Type: Article

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