Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of virulence plasmids in Rhodococcus equi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3417-3420

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Shoda, Masato ^a   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a   Fortier, Guillaume ^b   Pronost, Stephane ^b   Rahal, Karim ^f   Becu, Teotimo ^c   Begg, Angela ^d   Browning, Glenn ^e   Nicholson, Vivian M ^f   Prescott, John F ^f  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Laboratoire Frank Duncombe   (France)

^c Clinica Equina   (Argentina)

^d Scone Vet Diagnostic Laboratory   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Kitasato University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMID DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; LUNG GRANULOMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032858027     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3417-3420.1999     Document Type: Article

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