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Comparative analysis of microsatellites and compound microsatellites in T4-like viruses.
Gene - 10 Jan 2016
Zhou Lan, Deng Liang, Fu Yongzhuo, Wu Xiaolong, Zhao Xiangyan, Chen Yubao, Li Mingfu, Tan Zhongyang
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Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are known to present ubiquitously in genomes of eukaryotes and prokaryotes, as well as viruses. A comprehensive analysis of microsatellites and compound microsatellites (CM) was performed for 67 T4-like bacteriophage genomes. We found that the number of repeats was generally proportional to the size of the genome. CM were more abundant in genic regions, while...
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