Comparative nucleotide sequence analysis of polymorphic variable-number tandem-repeat loci in Mycobacterium ulcerans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5281-5284

  Ablordey, Anthony ^a   Hilty, Markus ^b   Stragier, Pieter ^a   Swings, Jean ^c,d   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 26944489965     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5281-5284.2005     Document Type: Article

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