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Evolution of some variable-number tandem repeat loci among a group of Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Nov 2007
Billamas Pamaree, Smittipat Nat, Juthayothin Tada, Thong-On Arunee, Yamada Norio, Yanai Hideki, Palittapongarnpim Prasit
Abstract excerpt
The patterns of variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR) genotypes of a clonal group of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates with very similar IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns were studied. Differences between VNTR were mostly by a single repeat unit. However, a multiple-unit change also occurred. This suggests that a mechanism other than the slipped-strand mispairing might be...
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