Determination of Coxiella burnetii rpoB sequence and its use for phylogenetic analysis

Gene

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-103

  Mollet, Christophe ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Q fever; Rifampicin; RNA polymerase subunit

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

COXIELLA BURNETII; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032545659     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00618-5     Document Type: Article

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