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Dynamic of mutational events in variable number tandem repeats of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Bustamante A V, Sanso A M, Segura D O, Parma A E, Lucchesi P M A
Abstract excerpt
VNTRs regions have been successfully used for bacterial subtyping; however, the hypervariability in VNTR loci is problematic when trying to predict the relationships among isolates. Since few studies have examined the mutation rate of these markers, our aim was to estimate mutation rates of VNTRs specific for verotoxigenic E. coli O157:H7. The knowledge of VNTR mutational rates and the factors affecting them...
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