Identifying Neisseria species by use of the 50S Ribosomal protein L6 (rplF) gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1375-1381

  Bennett, Julia S ^a   Watkins, Eleanor R ^a   Jolley, Keith A ^a   Harrison, Odile B ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L6; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPLF GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899550242     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03529-13     Document Type: Article

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