A tandem repeats database for bacterial genomes: application to the genotyping of Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis

Le Flèche, Philippe; Hauck, Yolande; Onteniente, Lucie; Prieur, Agnès; Denœud, France; Ramisse, Vincent; Sylvestre, Patricia; Benson, Gary; Ramisse, Françoise; Vergnaud, Gilles

doi:10.1186/1471-2180-1-2

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A tandem repeats database for bacterial genomes: application to the genotyping of Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis

Published in BMC Microbiology • Mar 30, 2001

Authors:

Philippe Le Flèche

Yolande Hauck

Lucie Onteniente

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Some pathogenic bacteria are genetically very homogeneous, making strain discrimination difficult. In the last few years, tandem repeats have been increasingly recognized as markers of choice for genotyping a number of pathogens. The rapid evolution of these structures appears to contrib...

Subject

Yersinia pestis

Biology

Bacillus anthracis

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