Analysis on distribution of insertion sequence IS431 in clinical isolates of staphylococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Kobayashi, N ^a   Alam, M ^a   Urasawa, S ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution; IS431; Staphylococcus; Variant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035125625     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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