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Identification and characterization of variable-number tandem repeats in the Yersinia pestis genome.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Klevytska A M, Price L B, Schupp J M, Worsham P L, Wong J, Keim P
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis, the infamous plague-causing pathogen, appears to have emerged in relatively recent history. Evidence of this fact comes from several studies that document a lack of nucleotide diversity in the Y. pestis genome. In contrast, we report that variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) sequences are common in the Y. pestis genome and occur frequently in gene coding regions. Larger tandem repeat arrays, most...
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