Identification of Strain-Specific Genes in Using a Modified HiCEP Method
REVIEW ARTICLE

Identification of Strain-Specific Genes in Using a Modified HiCEP Method

Yasuo Mitani1 Tsuneaki Watanabe2 Kazuhiro Kondo2 Tomohiro Tamura1 , 3 , * Open Modal
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The Open Biotechnology Journal • 19 Dec 2007 • REVIEW ARTICLE • DOI: 10.2174/1874070700701010066

Abstract

The genus Rhodococcus exhibits a broad catabolic diversity that is often related to unusual genome diversity. A modified HiCEP method was applied for the identification of strain-specific genes by comparing two different strains. Rhodococcus erythropolis JCM3201 and NI86/21 were compared and 11 genes were identified as NI86/21-specific genes.

Keywords: Rhodococcus, strain-specific, plasmid, comparative genomics, modified HiCEP.