Mycobacterium leprae typing by genomic diversity and global distribution of genotypes

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-128

  Matsuoka, M ^a   Maeda, S ^a   Kai, M ^a   Nakata, N ^a   Chae, G T ^a   Gillis, T P ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Izumi, S ^a   Kashiwabara, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033807565     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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