Characterization of the variable-number tandem repeats in vrrA from different Bacillus anthracis isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1400-1405

  Jackson, Paul J ^a   Walthers, Eliza A ^a   Kalif, Abdullahi S ^b   Richmond, Kara L ^a   Adair, Debra M ^a   Hill, Karen K ^a   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a   Andersen, Gary L ^c   Wilson, Kenneth H ^c   Hugh Jones, Martin E ^b   Keim, Paul ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031003862     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1400-1405.1997     Document Type: Article

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