Sequence heterogeneity of an mpb70 gene analogue in Mycobacterium kansasii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Woolford, Alison J ^a   Hewinson, R Glyn ^b   Woodward, Martin ^b   Dale, Jeremy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bovine tuberculosis; MPB70 antigen; Mycobacterium kansasii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 17644440337     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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