Genomic analysis reveals variation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and the attenuated M. tuberculosis H37Ra strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5768-5774

  Brosch, Roland ^a   Philipp, Wolfgang J ^a,d   Stavropoulos, Evangelos ^b   Colston, M Joseph ^b   Cole, Stewart T ^a   Gordon, Stephen V ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032726366     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5768-5774.1999     Document Type: Article

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