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Comparative nucleotide sequence analysis of polymorphic variable-number tandem-repeat Loci in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Ablordey Anthony, Hilty Markus, Stragier Pieter, Swings Jean, Portaels Françoise
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed a set of variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) loci to assess their nucleotide sequence diversity in isolates of three Mycobacterium ulcerans genotypes. Sequence variants in two loci resulted in intraspecies resolution of Southeast Asian and Asian genotypes in contrast to a homogenous...
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