Stability of multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeats in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3058-3061

  Hopkins, K L ^a,c   Maguire, C ^a   Best, E ^a   Liebana, E ^b   Threlfall, E J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Enteric Pathogen Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34548704268     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00715-07     Document Type: Article

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