Molecular diversity in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-217

  Keim, P ^a   Klevytska, A M ^a   Price, L B ^a   Schupp, J M ^a   Zinser, G ^a   Smith, K L ^b   Hugh Jones, M E ^b   Okinaka, R ^c   Hill, K K ^c   Jackson, P J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; TESTBEDS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM MARKERS; B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA MARKERS; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHIC DNA; POWER; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032847302     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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