First restriction and genetic mapping of the genomic DNA of urease-positive thermophilic campylobacters (UPTC), and small restriction fragment sequencing

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Aritomi, T ^a   Sekizuka, T ^a   Imamaki, R ^a   Murayama, O ^a   Millar, B C ^b   Moore, J E ^b   Matsuda, Motoo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Chromosome mapping; Glectrophoresis, gel, pulsed field; Pseudogenes; Southern blotting; UPTC

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; TRANSFER RNA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE PROBE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PNP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOP CODON; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 33746316241     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2006.11732722     Document Type: Article

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