A novel polymorphic genetic locus in members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1695-1701

  Rauzier, Jean ^a   Gormley, Eamonn ^b   Gutierrez, M Cristina ^a   Kassa Kelembho, Eric ^a   Sandall, Laurie J ^b   Dupont, Chris ^b   Gicquel, Brigitte ^a   Murray, Alan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymorphic locus; TB complex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032774447     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1695     Document Type: Article

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