Species-specific identification of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR- restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the hsp65 gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2016-2019

  Rastogi, Nalin ^a   Goh, Khye Seng ^a   Berchel, Mylene ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL VIABILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DASYPODIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0345517170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2016-2019.1999     Document Type: Article

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