PCR typing of Corynebacterium diphtheriae by random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-340

  De Zoysa, A S ^a   Efstratiou, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DNA DETERMINATION; EASTERN EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; TOXICITY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 0032878737     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-4-335     Document Type: Article

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