Homonucleotide stretches in chromosomal DNA of Campylobacter jejuni display high frequency polymorphism as detected by direct PCR analysis.

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Published in FEMS Microbiol Lett on June 18, 2002

Authors

Trudy M Wassenaar1, Jaap A Wagenaar, Alan Rigter, Cathrine Fearnley, Diane G Newell, Birgitta Duim

Author Affiliations

1: Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants, Tannenstrasse 7, D-55576 Zotzenheim, Germany. wassenaar_t@yahoo.co.uk

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