IS6110-Mediated Deletion Polymorphism in Isogenic Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 895-898

  Sampson, S L ^a   Richardson, M ^b   Van Helden, P D ^b   Warren, R M ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 1242269296     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.895-898.2004     Document Type: Article

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