Study of polymorphic variable-number of tandem repeats loci in the ECOR collection and in a set of pathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella isolates for use in a genotyping assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-205

  Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a   Brandal, Lin Thorstensen ^a   Aas, Lena ^a   Vardund, Traute ^a   Kapperud, Georg ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Loci; MLVA; Shigella isolates; Variable number of tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SHIGELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33947268809     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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