Simple sequence repeats (microsatellites): Mutational mechanisms and contributions to bacterial pathogenesis. a meeting review

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Bayliss, Christopher D ^a   Dixon, Kevin M ^a   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Contingency genes; Microsatellites; Mutation rates; Phase variation; Simple sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0347721018     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00325-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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