Simplified protocol for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 351-353

  McEllistrem, M Catherine ^a,b   Stout, Janet E ^c   Harrison, Lee H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BUFFER; EDETIC ACID; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; MUTANOLYSIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE K; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; SARCOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLYSIS; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SARCOSINE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033957775     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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