The team identified 15 new genetic CAD associations,
via SNPs — or single -
nucleotide polymorphisms, places in genes in which the DNA building blocks differ from person to person by only one block, or
nucleotide.
The goal of this project is to identify the specific
nucleotide sequences and / or single
nucleotide polymorphisms that are correlated with expression of virulence and disease
via comparative genomic analysis between B. pseudomallei strains as well as between various bacteriophages harbored within B. pseudomallei.