IS6110 transposition and evolutionary scenario of the direct repeat locus in a group of closely related Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2102-2109

  Fang, Z ^a   Morrison, N ^a   Watt, B ^b   Doig, C ^b   Forbes, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031899252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2102-2109.1998     Document Type: Article

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