Identification and characterization of variable-number tandem repeats in the Yersinia pestis genome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3179-3185

  Klevytska, A M ^a   Price, L B ^a   Schupp, J M ^a   Worsham, P L ^a   Wong, J ^a   Keim, P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034830315     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3179-3185.2001     Document Type: Article

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