Chemical cleavage of mismatches in heteroduplexes of the rpoB gene for detection of mutations associated with resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampin

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-398

  Bahrmand, A R ^a   Marashi, S M ^a   Bakayeva, T G ^a   Bakayev, V V ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROXYLAMINE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PIPERIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; THYMINE; UREA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

EID: 0033866506     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655400750044962     Document Type: Article

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