Characterization by single strand conformation polymorphism of mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in strains from Vancouver, Mexico city and New Delhi

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue JUNE, 2000, Pages 568-572

  Sharma, Manju ^a,b,c   Altamirano, M ^d   Prasad, H K ^b   Myneedo, V P ^a   Nand, N ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c British Centre for Disease Control ^*

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; RPOB PROTEIN, ORYZA SATIVA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0034208633     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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