Automated pneumococcal MLST using liquid-handling robotics and a capillary DNA sequencer

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-307

  Jefferies, Johanna ^a   Clarke, Stuart C ^a,b   Diggle, Mathew A ^b   Smith, Andrew ^c   Dowson, Chris ^d   Mitchell, Tim ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; DNA sequencing; Multilocus sequence typing; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROBOTICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037777732     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:24:3:303     Document Type: Article

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