Differences in the prevalence of IS6110 insertion sites in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains: Low and high copy number of IS6110

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Fomukong, N ^a   Beggs, M ^a   El Hajj, H ^a   Templeton, G ^a   Eisenach, K ^a   Cave, M D ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031427050     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(98)80003-8     Document Type: Article

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