title: Characterisation of a highly repeated DNA sequence from Mycobacterium bovis.
abstract: We report characterisation of a novel repeat sequence from a Mycobacterium bovis genomic library. The highly repeated sequence belongs to a family consisting of a 24 base pair (bp) direct repeat (DR), that appears to be organized into clusters on the chromosome. We classify the 24-bp DR into the group of prokaryotic DNA repeats known as the interspersed repetitive sequence elements. The 24-bp DR will be of potential use as a DNA fingerprinting tool in epidemiological studies of M. bovis.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Radford
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial