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. 1980 Oct;144(1):422–424. doi: 10.1128/jb.144.1.422-424.1980

Physical and genetic characterization of deletions in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

H Lataste, J P Claverys, A M Sicard
PMCID: PMC294672  PMID: 6932399

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.

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