Identification of aerobically and anaerobically induced genes in Enterococcus faecalis by random arbitrarily primed PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1470-1476

  Shepard, Brett D ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032914582     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1470-1476.1999     Document Type: Article

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