The decaying genome of mycobacterium leprae

Leprosy Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-398

  Eiglmeier, Karin ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Honore, Nadine ^a   Garnier, Thierry ^a   Tekaia, Fredj ^a   Telenti, Amalio ^c   Klatser, Paul ^d   James, Keith D ^b   Thomson, Nicolas R ^b   Wheeler, Paul R ^e   Churcher, Carol ^b   Harris, David ^b   Mungall, Karen ^b   Barrell, Bart G ^b   Cole, Stewart T ^a   Colston, M Jo ^f  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COSMID; DNA LIBRARY; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; LEPROSY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035701315     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010047     Document Type: Article

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