Characterization of IS1547, a new member of the IS900 family in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and its association with IS6110

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1021-1024

  Fang, Z ^a   Doig, C ^b   Morrison, N ^a   Watt, B ^b   Forbes, K J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032945183     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.1021-1024.1999     Document Type: Article

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