Features of Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in Yersinia pestis and the Development of a Hierarchical Genotyping Scheme

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yanjun ^a,b   Cui, Yujun ^a   Cui, Baizhong ^c   Yan, Yanfeng ^a   Yang, Xianwei ^a   Wang, Haidong ^b   Qi, Zhizhen ^c   Zhang, Qingwen ^c   Xiao, Xiao ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Ma, Cong ^b   Wang, Jing ^d   Song, Yajun ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Plague Prevention and Control Department Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control   (China)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA PESTIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; TANDEM REPEAT;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84879265083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066567     Document Type: Article

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