Analysis of the three Yersinia pestis CRISPR loci provides new tools for phylogenetic studies and possibly for the investigation of ancient DNA

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 603, Issue , 2007, Pages 327-338

  Vergnaud, Gilles ^a,b   Zhou, Dongsheng ^c   Platonov, Mikhail E ^d   Pourcel, Christine ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^c   Anisimov, Andrey P ^d   Neubauer, Heinrich ^g   Balakhonov, Sergey V ^f   Rakin, Alexander ^e   Dentovskaya, Svetlana V ^d   Grissa, Ibtissem ^a   Song, Yajun ^c   Cui, Yujun ^c   Gorgé, Olivier ^b   Li, Yanjun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^c Academy of Military Medical Sciences

^d State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East

^g FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84934438514     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72124-8_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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