Identification of strain specific markers in Bacillus anthracis by random amplification of polymorphic DNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Levy, Haim ^a   Fisher, Morly ^a   Ariel, Naomi ^a   Altboum, Zeev ^a   Kobiler, David ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Classification; DNA; RAPD; Typing

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED MICROSATELLITE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13944264997     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.039     Document Type: Article

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