Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences as molecular targets for typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-132

  Sechi, Leonardo A ^a   Zanettl, Stefania ^a   Dupré, Ilaria ^a   Delogu, Giovanni ^a   Fadda, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031984589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.128-132.1998     Document Type: Article

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