Cleavase fragment length polymorphism analysis of Neisseria meningitidis basic metabolic genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2402-2407

  Tondella, Maria Lucia C ^a   Reeves, Mike W ^a   Popovic, Tanja ^a   Rosenstein, Nancy ^a   Holloway, Brian P ^b   Mayer, Leonard W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DENATURATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 0032767432     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2402-2407.1999     Document Type: Article

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