Computerized analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns: Comparative evaluation of two commercial software packages

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1318-1323

  Gerner Smidt, P ^a   Graves, L M ^b   Hunter, Susan ^b   Swaminathan, B ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS 2; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 2; LANES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031978085     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1318-1323.1998     Document Type: Article

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