Genotyping of a homogeneous group of Yersinia pestis strains isolated in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1164-1173

  Huang, Xiao Zhe ^a   Chu, May C ^a   Engelthaler, Dave M ^a   Lindler, Luther E ^a  

^a WRAIR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PLAGUE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0036203933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1164-1173.2002     Document Type: Article

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