Homogeneity of 16S-23S ribosomal intergenic spacer regions of Tropheryma whippelii in Swiss patients with Whipple's disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Hinrikson, Hans Peter ^a   Dutly, Fabrizio ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032946146     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.152-156.1999     Document Type: Article

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