Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the rRNA operon and variable numbers of tandem repeats in the lipoprotein gene among Mycoplasma genitalium strains from clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4876-4878

  Ma, Liang ^a,b   Martin, David H ^a  

^a Section of Pulmonary Diseases   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RRNA OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 5444244860     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4876-4878.2004     Document Type: Article

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