Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis reveals genetic relationships within Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2928-2936

  Keim, P ^a   Price, L B ^a   Klevytska, A M ^a   Smith, K L ^a,b   Schupp, J M ^a   Okinaka, R ^c   Jackson, P J ^c   Hugh Jones, M E ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034020175     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2928-2936.2000     Document Type: Article

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