DNA tandem repeats (TRs), also designated as satellite DNA, are inter-or intragenic
nucleotide sequences that are repeated two or more times in a head-to-tail manner …

Bacterial pathogens face stringent challenges to their survival because of the many
unpredictable, often precipitate, and dynamic changes that occur in the host environment or …

Transposable elements (TE), small mobile genetic elements unable to exist independently
of the host genome, were initially believed to be exclusively deleterious genomic parasites …

Tandem repeats are intrinsically highly variable sequences since repeat units are often lost
or gained during replication or following unequal recombination events. Because of their low …

Most recently published complete bacterial genomes have revealed unexpectedly high
numbers of long strict repeats. In this article we discuss the various functional and …

The lagging annotation of bacterial genomes and the inherent genetic complexity of many
phenotypes is hindering the discovery of new drug targets and the development of new …

Short-sequence DNA repeat (SSR) loci can be identified in all eukaryotic and many
prokaryotic genomes. These loci harbor short or long stretches of repeated nucleotide …

Microsatellites or short sequence repeats are widespread genetic markers which are
hypermutable 1–6 bp long short nucleotide motifs. Significantly, their applications in …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial
evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes. Although HGT can …

The stability of the structure of bacterial genomes is challenged by recombination events.
Since major rearrangements (ie, inversions) are thought to frequently operate by …