Combined numerical analysis based on the molecular description of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by four repetitive sequence-based DNA typing systems

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 349-360

  Sola, C ^a   Horgen, L ^a   Devallois, A ^a   Rastogi, N ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Combined numerical analysis; DNA fingerprinting; Evolution; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032076116     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(98)80440-3     Document Type: Article

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