Short sequence repeats in microbial pathogenesis and evolution

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 729-734

  Van Belkum, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Haemophilus influenzae; Helicobacter pylori; Microbial evolution; Molecular epidemiology; Short sequence repeats; Slipped strand mispairing; Variable number of tandem repeat loci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032723767     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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