Genotyping of Francisella tularensis strains isolated from China by short-sequence tandem repeat region analysis

Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 826-828

  Liu, Wei ^a   He, Jun ^a   Duan, Qing ^a   Zhao, Qiu Min ^a   Zhang, Pan He ^a   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Genotype; Short sequence tandem repeat region analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0346733137     PISSN: 02545101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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