Rapid identification of measles virus strains by the heteroduplex mobility assay

Virus Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-203

  Kreis, Stephanie ^a   Whistler, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

heteroduplex mobility assay; measles virus; strain characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PHYLOGENY;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0030973692     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(96)01413-X     Document Type: Article

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