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The use of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in epidemiological studies of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Gillian Hallas
Gillian Hallas
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
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Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cell proteins was investigated as a possible typing method for Corynebacterium diphtheriae. A method was developed using stock strains which were representatives of the five gravis serotypes described by Robinson & Peeney (1936). This technique was then applied to recent isolates sent to our laboratory for identification.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 83 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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