Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified gki genes: A new technique for tracking streptococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2181-2186

  Van Vliet, M J ^a   Tissing, W J E ^a   De Bont, E S J M ^a   Meessen, N E L ^b   Kamps, W A ^a   Harmsen, H J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67650092755     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00089-09     Document Type: Article

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