REP code: defining bacterial identity in extragenic space.

Raquel Tobes; Juan-Luis Ramos

doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00704.x

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REP code: defining bacterial identity in extragenic space.

Raquel Tobes·Juan-Luis Ramos

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Through the analysis of 57 bacterial genomes we have detected repetitive extragenic palindromic DNA sequences (REPs) in 11 species. For a sequence to be considered as REP, the following criteria should be met: (i) It should be extragenic, (ii) palindromic, (iii) of a length between 21 and 65 bases and (iv) should constitute more than 0.5% of the total extragenic space. Species-specific REPs have been found in human pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Neisseria meningitidis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rickettsia conorii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens and the soil bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans, Pseudomonas putida and Sinorhizobium meliloti.

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens Bacteria Base Sequence DNA, Bacterial DNA, Intergenic Deinococcus Escherichia coli Genome, Bacterial Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium tuberculosis Neisseria meningitidis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas putida Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Rickettsia conorii Salmonella enterica Sinorhizobium meliloti Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Raquel Tobes, Juan-Luis Ramos. 2005. REP code: defining bacterial identity in extragenic space.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00704.x

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