Article
Nature of DNA polymorphism in the direct repeat cluster of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; application for strain differentiation by a novel typing method.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 1993
Groenen P M, Bunschoten A E, van Soolingen D, van Embden J D
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains contain a unique chromosomal region, which consists of multiple 36bp direct repeats (DRs), which are interspersed by unique spacers 35 to 41 bp in length. In this study we investigated the nature of the DNA polymorphism of this DR cluster by sequencing part of this region in a large number of M. tuberculosis complex strains. Two types of genetic rearrangements were...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycobacterium bovis