Molecular genetic basis of ribotyping

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-273

  Bouchet, Valérie ^a,b   Huot, Heather ^a,c   Goldstein, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOTYPING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA GENE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIBOTYPING; RRNA OPERON;

EID: 42349089933     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00026-07     Document Type: Review

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