Genomics: Leprosy - A degenerative disease of the genome

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2001, Pages

  Young, Douglas ^a   Robertson, Brian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN PATHOGEN; LEPROSY; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 0035873835     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00213-5     Document Type: Review

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