Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex differentiation using gyrB-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 745-748

  Chimara, Erica ^a   Ferrazoli, Lucilaine ^a   Leão, Sylvia Cardoso ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

gyrB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MOLECULE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTI; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14044278221     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000700014     Document Type: Article

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