Variable number tandem repeat typing of bacteria

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue , 2007, Pages 395-405

  Yazdankhah, Siamak P ^a   Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Epidemiology; Molecular typing; Outbreak; VNTR

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA;

EID: 36549051532     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-515-6:395     Document Type: Article

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