Improved repetitive-element PCR fingerprinting for resolving pathogenic and nonpathogenic phylogenetic groups within Escherichia coli

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-273

  Johnson, James R ^a,b   O'Bryan, Timothy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034095046     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.2.265-273.2000     Document Type: Article

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