Variable-number tandem repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110 by using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1592-1602

  Cowan, Lauren Steinlein ^a   Mosher, Laura ^a   Diem, Lois ^a   Massey, Jeffrey P ^a   Crawford, Jack T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036251936     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1592-1602.2002     Document Type: Article

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