Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis for molecular typing and phylogenetic analysis of Shigella flexneri

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, You Wun ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^b   Phung, Dac Cam ^c   Tung, Sheng Kai ^a   Lee, Yeong Sheng ^a   Terajima, Jun ^b   Liang, Shiu Yun ^a   Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 74849108517     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-278     Document Type: Article

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