Coxiella burnetii plasmid types QpDG and QpH1 are closely related and likely identical

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Jäger, Cornelie ^a   Lautenschläger, Silke ^a   Willems, Hermann ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; PFGE; Plasmid; QpDG; XL PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HAPLORHINI; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0037159118     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00155-4     Document Type: Article

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