Mapping of IS6110 flanking regions in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis demonstrates genome plasticity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1405-1416

  Warren, R M ^a   Sampson, S L ^a   Richardson, M ^a   Van Der Spuy, G D ^a   Lombard, C J ^b   Victor, T C ^a   Van Helden, P D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0033779543     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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