Short tandem repeat (STR)
Development of Candida auris Short Tandem Repeat Typing and Its Application to a Global Collection of Isolates
... Besides its elevated pathogenicity and multidrug resistance, C. auris is also highly transmissible. It colonizes the nose, axilla, and groin and is frequently found on inanimate surfaces and reusable equipment in health ...
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Using short tandem repeat analysis for choriocarcinoma diagnosis: a case series
... (short tandem repeat [STR]) genotyp- ing, have proven to be helpful in distinguishing gestational from non-gestational choriocarcinomas and identifying the causative pregnancy for gestational tumors ...
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Development of a polymorphic short tandem repeat locus multiplex system for efficient human identification.
... of short tandem repeat (STR) multiplex systems with simultaneous amplification has ensured facilities for human identification with an excellent power of discrimination, low consumption of biological ...
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Short tandem repeat profiling provides an international reference standard for human cell lines
... Authentication and standardization are now possible by using the short tandem repeat (STR) profiling techniques developed for forensic applications (24). By using this approach, a number of ...
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A paternity case based on short tandem repeat (str) using dna finger printing technology
... DNA Fingerprinting is the technology which is used to identify each individual on the basis of the molecular characteristics of their DNA. The technologies and applications have continued since 1985. Every individual in ...
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pSTR Finder: a rapid method to discover polymorphic short tandem repeat markers from whole-genome sequences
... as short tandem repeat ...polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci from data generated from genome-wide ...the Tandem Repeats Finder based on multiple-genome samples in ...
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Use of short tandem repeat (STR) fingerprinting to validate sample origins in hepatitis C virus molecular epidemiology studies
... Due to the largely asymptomatic nature of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, identifying individuals during this phase of the disease is problematic. As a result, studies of cohorts of such individuals are ...
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Characterization of Human Cytomegalovirus Strains by Analysis of Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphisms
... Recently, short tandem repeat (STR) length polymor- phisms have been identified in the HCMV ...of short tandem repeats also detected polymorphisms that supported simulta- neous ...
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Fully integrated, fully automated generation of short tandem repeat profiles
... The goal of this work was to develop a fully integrated system for the automated generation of short tandem repeat profiles from buccal swab samples, to improve forensic laboratory proce[r] ...
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Variability in a Short Tandem Repeat Mediates Complex Epistatic Interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana
... ABSTRACT Short tandem repeats (STRs) are hypervariable genetic elements that occur frequently in coding regions. Their high mutation rate readily generates genetic variation, contributing to adaptive ...
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STRetch: detecting and discovering pathogenic short tandem repeat expansions
... STRetch is currently the only genome-wide method to scan for STR expansions using short-read WGS data. We have demonstrated the ability of STRetch to detect known pathogenic STR expansions in short-read ...
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The Conserved PFT1 Tandem Repeat Is Crucial for Proper Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana
... ABSTRACT It is widely appreciated that short tandem repeat (STR) variation underlies substantial phenotypic variation in organisms. Some propose that the high mutation rates of STRs in functional ...
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Early detection of Angelman syndrome resulting from de novo paternal isodisomic 15q UPD and review of comparable cases
... Analysis of polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) markers of the fibrillin-1 gene, which is located in 15q21.1, revealed that both long arms of the aberrant chromosome 15 were inherited from the ...
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STR polymorphisms in Sri Lanka: evaluation of forensic utility in identification of individuals and parentage testing
... Objectives This preliminary study was carried out to determine the allele frequencies and forensic efficiency parameters for the short tandem repeat loci CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D16S539, D[r] ...
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Tandem genotypes: robust detection of tandem repeat expansions from long DNA reads
... CUG repeat expansion in the 3’UTR of the transcript from the DMPK gene, producing a toxic gain-of-function transcript which sequesters splicing fac- tor proteins and causes aberrant splicing, resulting in multiple ...
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Screening of Myo7A Mutations in Iranian Patients with Autosomal Recessive Hearing Loss from West of Iran
... four short tandem repeat markers linked to MYO7A was performed for two consanguineous families originating from Hamedan (family-13) and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari (family-32) provinces of Iran, ...
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Comparison of Two Highly Discriminatory Molecular Fingerprinting Assays for Analysis of Multiple Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis
... assays, short tandem repeat typing and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), were compared to determine the genetic relatedness between 55 isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus obtained from 15 ...
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Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium abscessus Based on Tandem Repeat Polymorphism
... two tandem-repeat loci to distinguish Mycobacte- rium abscessus from other mycobacterial species and discrimi- nated Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium massiliense, and Mycobacterium bolletii by ...
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The MNS16A Tandem Repeats Minisatellite of Human Telomerase: Influence on Polycythaemia Vera susceptibility in Sudanese Patients
... This study showed that the long allele 271\302 was more common in AML patients and this finding is also disagree with the finding reported by wang et al who found that the short alleles 271 and 243 were more ...
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Characterization of a Tandem Repeat Polymorphism in Legionella pneumophila and Its Use for Genotyping
... Characterization of polymorphic markers. Using the soft- ware developed by G. Benson (1) and the derived database described by Vergnaud and Denoeud (21), we selected 25 sequences containing a tandem repeat ...
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