Rapid assignment of nucleotide sequence data to allele types for multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) of bacteria using an adapted database and modified alignment program

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 515-517

  Diggle, M A ^a   Clarke, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036843495     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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