SVARAP and aSVARAP: Simple tools for quantitative analysis of nucleotide and amino acid variability and primer selection for clinical microbiology

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   Tamalet, Catherine ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GROESL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644765309     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-21     Document Type: Article

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