Genomic organisation of the CTX element among toxigenic vibrio cholerae isolates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-568

  Bakhshi, B ^a   Pourshafie, M R ^a   Navabakbar, F ^b   Tavakoli, A ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CTX element; Genetic arrangement; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Southern blot analysis; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 43149101500     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01976.x     Document Type: Article

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