Optimization of variable number tandem repeat typing set for differentiating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in the Beijing family

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-265

  Kam, Kai Man ^a,b   Yip, Chi Wai ^a   Tse, Lai Wa ^a   Leung, Ka Ling ^a   Wong, Kin Lai ^a   Ko, Wai Mei ^a   Wong, Wai Sum ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beijing family; IS6110; Multidrug resistance; RFLP; Tuberculosis; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644831745     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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