Variable number of repeat units in genes encodingTrypanosoma cruziantigens

Diversity of Variable Number Tandem Repeat Loci in Shigella Species Isolated From Pediatric Patients

Multilocus variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) is a new typing method with several advantages compared to other methods. Dissemination of Shigella is highly significant in developing countries. Whilst Shigella is becoming increasingly important as an etiologic agent of pediatric shigellosis in Iran, little is known about the genetic diversity of the local strains. Therefore, th...

Identifying Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Alleles in Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Gene in Patients with Phenylketonuria in Golestan Province, Iran

Background and Objective: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disorder that is caused by mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene. The multiplicity of mutations in the PAH gene of PKU leads to the cases, in which the pathogenic mutation cannot be detected. In these cases, the variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR), which is the polymorphic marker associated with the PAH gene, is ...

Detection of recombination in variable number tandem repeat sequences

VNTR9 and VNTR10, two newly-found variable-number tandem repeat loci useful in MLVA genotyping of Bordetella pertussis

Background & Aims: Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, continues to infect human hosts even in those populations where infants and children are routinely vaccinated. Causes of pertussis epidemiology are not fully identified unless strains of the pathogen are characterized by molecular means. Golbally, Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats analysis (MLVA) has pro...

diversity of variable number tandem repeat loci in shigella species isolated from pediatric patients

multilocus variable number tandem repeat (vntr) analysis (mlva) is a new typing method with several advantages compared to other methods. dissemination of shigella is highly significant in developing countries. whilst shigella is becoming increasingly important as an etiologic agent of pediatric shigellosis in iran, little is known about the genetic diversity of the local strains. therefore, th...