Conservation of IS6110 sequence in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with single and multiple copies

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 225-227

  Dale, J W ^a   Tang, T H ^b   Wall, S ^a   Zainuddin, Z F ^b   Plikaytis, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031396479     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(97)90002-2     Document Type: Article

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