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A tandem repeats database for bacterial genomes: application to the genotyping of Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis.
BMC microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Le Flèche P, Hauck Y, Onteniente L, Prieur A, Denoeud F, Ramisse V, Sylvestre P, Benson G, Ramisse F, Vergnaud G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Some pathogenic bacteria are genetically very homogeneous, making strain discrimination difficult. In the last few years, tandem repeats have been increasingly recognized as markers of choice for genotyping a number of pathogens. The rapid evolution of these structures appears to cont...
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