Article
Analysis of the allelic diversity of the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing family: practical implications and evolutionary considerations.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2004
Mokrousov Igor, Narvskaya Olga, Limeschenko Elena, Vyazovaya Anna, Otten Tatiana, Vyshnevskiy Boris
Abstract excerpt
A study set comprised 44 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing family selected for their representativeness among those previously characterized by IS6110-RFLP and spoligotyping (Northwest Russia, 1997 to 2003). In the present study, these strains were subjected to mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) typing to assess a discriminatory power of the 12-MIRU-loci scheme (P. Supply et al.,...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Biological Evolution
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction