Molecular analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from a family of 18th century Hungarians

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-151

  Fletcher, Helen A ^a,d   Donoghue, Helen D ^a   Taylor, Michael G ^b   van der Zanden, Adri G M ^c   Spigelman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTHER; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 0037261184     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25961-0     Document Type: Review

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