A novel repeat sequence specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and its implications

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Lee, T Y ^a,c   Lee, T J ^a   Belisle, J T ^b   Brennan, P J ^b   Kim, S K ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c Department of Microbiology ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA; RHAMNOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA PROBE; KOREA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031446718     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(97)90011-3     Document Type: Article

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