The ftsZ gene as a tool for detection of Mycoplasma fermentans

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Ofir, R ^a   Horowitz, S ^a   Wu, Q ^a   Weinstein, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Detection; Differential display; ftsZ; Mycoplasma fermentans

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS;

EID: 0032052291     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0157     Document Type: Article

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