Rapid, simple genotyping method by the variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) for mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in JAPAN - Analytical procedure of jata (12)-VNTR

Kekkaku

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 673-678

  Maeda, Shinji ^a   Murase, Yoshiro ^a   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Sugawara, Isamu ^a   Kato, Seiya ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beijing genotype; Molecular epidemiology; Rflp; Tuberculosis; Vntr

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 58149458282     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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