Stability of variable-number tandem repeats of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units from 12 loci in serial isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4561-4566

  Savine, Evgueni ^a   Warren, Robin M ^b   Van der Spuy, Gian D ^b   Beyers, Nulda ^b   Van Helden, Paul D ^b   Locht, Camille ^a   Supply, Philip ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM CULTURE; TANDEM REPEAT; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 18744388820     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4561-4566.2002     Document Type: Article

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