The role of short sequence repeats in epidemiologic typing

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-311

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE MISPAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MONITORING; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033152406     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80053-8     Document Type: Article

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