Multiple Mutations in the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium Leprae strains from leprosy patients in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-497

  Ramasoota, Pongrama ^a,d,e   Wongwit, Waranya ^a   Sampunachot, Prasert ^b   Unnarat, Komes ^c   Ngamying, Maeya ^c   Svenson, Stefan B ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Prapradaeng Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Leprosy Division   (Thailand)

^d SUAS   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; RPOB PROTEIN, ORYZA SATIVA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 0034280747     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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