Comparative genetic study of group B streptococcal strains of human and bovine origin

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-453

  Dmitriev, A ^a,b   Tkacikova L' ^b   Suvorov, A ^a   Kantikova M ^c   Mikula, I ^d   Totolyan, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c State Veterinary Institute   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033290577     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02903721     Document Type: Article

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