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Simple sequence repeat (SSR)-based gene diversity in Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei.
Molecules and cells - 28 Feb 2009
Song Han, Hwang Junghyun, Myung Jaehee, Seo Hyoseok, Yi Hyojeong, Sim Hee-Sun, Kim Bong-Su, Nierman William C, Kim Heenam Stanley
Abstract excerpt
Pathogens Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) and Burkholderia mallei (Bm) contain a large number (> 12,000) of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs). To study the extent to which these features have contributed to the diversification of genes, we have conducted comparative studies with nineteen genomes of these bacteria. We found 210 genes with characteristic types of SSR variations. SSRs with nonamer repeat units were the...
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