Complete DNA sequence analysis for 16s ribosomal RNA gene of the leproma-derived, cultivable and nerve-invading mycobacterium HI-75

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-59

  Sakai, Tetsuo ^a   Matsuo, Eiichi ^b   Wakizaka, Akira ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032855832     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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