Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae strains from different regions of India on the basis of rpoT

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Lavania, M ^a   Lal, R ^a   Joseph, G ^a   Darlong, J ^b   Abraham, S ^a   Nanda, N K ^b   Jadhav, R S ^a  

^a TLM Community Hospital   (India)

^b Leprosy Mission Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Genotypic analysis; Mycobacterium leprae; rpoT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RPOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; RPOT PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SKIN; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 77953964250     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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