CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGHLY REPEATED DNA-SEQUENCE FROM MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS

Authors
DORAN TJ HODGSON ALM DAVIES JK RADFORD AJ
Citation
Tj. Doran et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGHLY REPEATED DNA-SEQUENCE FROM MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS, FEMS microbiology letters, 111(2-3), 1993, pp. 147-152
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
111
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
147 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1993)111:2-3<147:COAHRD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report characterisation of a novel repeat sequence from a Mycobacte rium bovis genomic library. The highly repeated sequence belongs to a family consisting of a 24 base pair (bp) direct repeat (DR), that appe ars to be organized into clusters on the chromosome. We classify the 2 4-bp DR into the group of prokaryotic DNA repeats known as the intersp ersed repetitive sequence elements. The 24-bp DR will be of potential use as a DNA fingerprinting tool in epidemiological studies of M. bovi s.