A database system for fragment patterns of genomic DNA of Staphylococcus aureus

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Claus, Hermann ^a   Cuny, Christa ^a   Pasemann, Birgit ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOME IMPRINTING; INFECTIVITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031923445     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80154-0     Document Type: Article

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