False molecular clusters due to nonrandom association of IS6110 with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2081-2086

  Gillespie, S H ^a   Dickens, And ^a   McHugh, T D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0034041695     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2081-2086.2000     Document Type: Article

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