Locating transposable element polymorphisms in bacterial genomes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-363

  Yesilkaya, Hasan ^a   Thomson, Anne ^a   Doig, Christine ^b   Watt, Brian ^b   Dale, Jeremy W ^c   Forbes, Ken J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Genome polymorphism; In silico analysis; IS6110

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037409605     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00256-7     Document Type: Article

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