Identification of Enterobacteriaceae by partial sequencing of the gene encoding translation initiation factor 2

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1531-1538

  Hedegaard, Jakob ^a   De A Steffensen, Søren A ^a,c   Nørskov Lauritsen, Niels ^b   Mortensen, Kim K ^a   Sperling Petersen, Hans U ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; infB; Phylogenetic analysis; Translation initiation factor 2

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032706670     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1531     Document Type: Article

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