title: Physical and genetic characterization of deletions in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
abstract: Genetic properties of markers may discriminate between deletions and point mutations. We have designed a physical method for a direct characterization of deletions which also gives an estimate of their size.
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005819:Genetic Markers; D009154:Mutation; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers