Amplified-fragment length polymorphism as a complement to IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4820-4822

  Ruiz, Monserrat ^a   Rodríguez, Juan Carlos ^a   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^b   Royo, Gloria ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10744233035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4820-4822.2003     Document Type: Article

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