Characterization of genomic island 3 and genetic variability of Chilean field strains of Brucella abortus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2461-2469

  Céspedes, Sandra ^a   Salgado, Paulina ^a   Valenzuela, Patricio ^b   Vidal, Roberto ^b   Oñate, Angel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 79959824856     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01176-10     Document Type: Article

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