Evaluation of groEL Gene Analysis for Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1270-1273

  Park, Hyo Soon ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Jeong, Eun Ju ^a   Koh, Seong Eun ^a   Park, Tae Kyu ^a   Jang, Won Jong ^a   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^b   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^b   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; FLAGELLIN GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROEL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLIN; GROEL PROTEIN; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 1542723558     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1270-1273.2004     Document Type: Article

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