Genome-sequence-based fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1121-1126

  Goulding, Jonathan N ^a   Stanley, John ^a   Saunders, Nick ^a   Arnold, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0034006265     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1121-1126.2000     Document Type: Article

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