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SUBMITTER: Stratilo CW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1393151 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stratilo Chad W CW Lewis Christopher T CT Bryden Louis L Mulvey Michael R MR Bader Doug D
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060301 3
Single-nucleotide repeats (SNRs) are variable-number tandem repeats that display very high mutation rates. In an outbreak situation, the use of a marker system that exploits regions with very high mutation rates, such as SNRs, allows the differentiation of isolates with extremely low levels of genetic diversity. This report describes the identification and analysis of SNR loci of Bacillus anthracis. SNR loci were selected in silico, and the loci with the highest diversity were used to design and ...[more]