A derivative of Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 that lacks the duplicated chromosomal region

Tuberculosis

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 438-444

  Warner, Digby F ^a   Etienne, Gilles ^b   Wang, Xiao Ming ^c   Matsoso, Limenako G ^a   Dawes, Stephanie S ^a   Soetaert, Karine ^c   Stoker, Neil G ^d   Content, Jean ^c   Mizrahi, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal duplication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33751008066     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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