An improved protocol for the preparation and restriction enzyme digestion of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis agarose plugs for the analysis of Legionella isolates

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-56

  Chang, Bin ^a   Amemura Maekawa, Junko ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LYSOZYME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SEPHAROSE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTYPE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; LEGIONELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPHAROSE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 63149147404     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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