VNTR – variable number tandem repeats
Identification of Variable-Number Tandem-Repeats (VNTR) sequences in Acinetobacter. (MLVA) typing scheme. Vergnaud, 1,4 and Paolo Visca 2 *
... Multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for longitudinal 547[r] ...
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Are Variable Number Tandem Repeats Appropriate for Genotyping Mycobacterium leprae?
... different variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR), while the second is composed of three single nucleotide polymorphisms ...the VNTR profiles varied ...the VNTR pattern was ...
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Identification and Characterization of Variable Number Tandem Repeats in the Yersinia pestis Genome
... Hence, multiple-locus VNTR analysis (MLVA) appears capable of both distinguishing closely related strains and successfully classifying more distant relationships. Harnessing the power of MLVA to establish ...
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Polymorphism of Variable Number Tandem Repeats at Multiple Loci in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
... the VNTR loci and the biased allele frequencies of the VNTR ...the VNTR loci having relatively high allelic diversity were unlikely to occur artificially due to a large num- ber of allele ...
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Variable-Number-of-Tandem-Repeats Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Pasteuria ramosa
... Abstract Variable-number-of-tandem-repeats (VNTR) markers are increasingly being used in population genetic studies of ...the VNTR markers available for ...
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Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in Salmonella enterica subsp enterica for Typing Purposes
... potential variable number tandem repeats ...locus VNTR analysis (MLVA) of 99 strains of ...more variable VNTRs showed DIs of ...The VNTR polymorphic site within multidrug- ...
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Use of Variable Number Tandem Repeats To Examine Genetic Diversity of Neisseria meningitidis
... containing tandem repeats in the genome of ...the VNTR for nine arbitrarily chosen ...the VNTR patterns was determined by daily pas- saging ...
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Identification of Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Sequences in Legionella pneumophila and Development of an Optimized Multiple Locus VNTR Analysis Typing Scheme
... the number of repetitions cannot be deduced from the ...polymorphic tandem repeats, it does not inform on the se- quence and will not detect ...
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Identification of Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Sequences in Acinetobacter baumannii and Interlaboratory Validation of an Optimized Multiple Locus VNTR Analysis Typing Scheme
... the number of tandem repeats can have an impact on the expression, structure, and/or activity of cellular ...the number of tandem repeats at a given VNTR locus, the effect ...
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Genotypic Variation and Stability of Four Variable Number Tandem Repeats and Their Suitability for Discriminating Strains of Mycobacterium leprae
... several variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR), which have been used effectively in strain typing of other ...different VNTR loci and examined a battery of 12 ...four VNTR ...
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Combinatorial interaction between two human serotonin transporter gene variable number tandem repeats and their regulation by CTCF
... transporter VNTR variants (Guindalini et ...SLC6A4 VNTR domains could act in cis but how combined effects may differ from each independent domain alone, and if interactions or synergisms were possible ...
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Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Variable Number of Tandem DNA Repeats Used Alone and in Association with Spoligotyping
... the VNTR typing method. The VNTR results were entered into a Recognizer file of the Taxotron software, and the 1⫺ Jaccard index was calculated for each pairwise comparison of ...represent VNTR allele ...
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Variable Number Tandem Repeats That Are Useful in Genotyping Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp enterica Serovars Typhimurium and Newport
... applying VNTR analysis to the isolates that share the frequently encountered serotypes Ty- phimurium and ...six VNTR loci in less than 1 day for the cost of reagents for PCR and agarose gel ...
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The association of insertions/deletions (INDELs) and variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) with obesity and its related traits and complications
... its VNTR is a highly plausible candidate for affecting indi- vidual differences in physiological and psychological traits, such as obesity, personality traits, and alcoholism risk ...MAOA VNTR alleles ...
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Development of Variable Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium bovis: Comparison of Results with Those Obtained by Using Existing Exact Tandem Repeats and Spoligotyping
... QUB VNTR loci to other existing VNTR targets, such as ETRs A through E, it was found that one of the newly defined VNTRs, VNTR 3232, displayed a degree of discrimination higher than that found using ...
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Introducing the Best Six Loci in Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) Typing for Mycobacterium TuberculosisGenotyping
... units– variable-number of tandem repeats (MIRU- VNTR) ...and variable spacers and the results are represented as a single digit ...(variable) number of ...
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The Relationship between insulin variable number of tandem repeats (INS-VNTR) -23 A/T and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein-4 (CTLA-4) +49 A/G polymorphisms with islet autoantibodies in persons with diabetes
... Patients with LADA share a genetic susceptibility with both T1DM and T2DM patients (18). In addition to HLA, studies have shown variation in two other genes increas- ing the risk of developing the disease. These are INS- ...
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Investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks in South Africa using multi locus variable number tandem repeats analysis, 2013 2015
... that VNTR ’ s may evolve rapidly, thereby producing mul- tiple MLVA profiles during an outbreak ...Enteritidis VNTR ’ s during an out- break and found that the VNTR’ s had remained stable during ...
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Combination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Variable Number Tandem Repeats for Genotyping a Homogenous Population of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains in China
... strains, VNTR-15 was applied to all 191 isolates. The VNTR genotyping divided the 191 Beijing strains into 110 unique types and 27 clusters, with a clustering rate of ...
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Stability of Variable Number Tandem Repeats of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units from 12 Loci in Serial Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
... MIRU VNTR loci were completely identical within the groups of serial isolates in 55 out of 56 groups ...MIRU VNTR genotyping as a powerful first-line method followed by subtyping by IS6110 RFLP to define ...
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