Identification of a restriction fragment length polymorphism associated with a deletion that maps in a transcriptionally active open-reading frame, orfX, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Dasgupta, N ^a   Tyagi, J Sivaswami ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032462048     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1998.0008     Document Type: Article

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