On the mutation rates of spoligotypes and variable numbers of tandem repeat loci of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-252

  Supply, Philip ^a,b   Niemann, Stefan ^c   Wirth, Thierry ^d  

^a INSERM U1019   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Phylogeny; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis; Typing; VNTR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MARKER GENE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SPOLIGOTYPE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

DNA, INTERGENIC; GENETIC VARIATION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951947296     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.12.009     Document Type: Letter

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