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Research Article

Chemical Cleavage of Mismatches in Heteroduplexes of the rpoB Gene for Detection of Mutations Associated with Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Rifampin

Ahmad R. Bahrmand, Sayed M. Marashi, Tamara G. Bakayeva, Valery V. Bakayev Head of Mycobacteriology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Pasteur Ave., Tehran, 13164 Islamic Republic of Iran
Pages 395-398 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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