Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv/Ra variants: Distinguishing the mycobacterial laboratory strain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3200-3204

  Bifani, P ^a   Moghazeh, S ^a   Shopsin, B ^a   Driscoll, J ^a   Ravikovitch, A ^a   Kreiswirth, B N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033827624     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.9.3200-3204.2000     Document Type: Article

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