The microsatellites of Escherichia coli: Rapidly evolving repetitive DNAs in a non-pathogenic prokaryote

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-190

  Metzgar, David ^a,c   Thomas, Elizabeth ^b   Davis, Clara ^a   Field, Dawn ^a,c   Wills, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035187024     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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