Negligible genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis host immune system protein targets: Evidence of limited selective pressure

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-16

  Musser, James M ^a,b   Amin, Amol ^b   Ramaswamy, Srinivas ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034015936     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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