The evolution of mycobacterial pathogenicity: Clues from comparative genomics

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 452-458

  Brosch, Roland ^a   Pym, Alexander S ^a   Gordon, Stephen V ^b   Cole, Stewart T ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; REPETITIVE DNA;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035448545     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02131-X     Document Type: Review

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