The role of IS6110 in the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-404

  McEvoy, Christopher R E ^a   Falmer, Alecia A ^a   van Pittius, Nicolaas C Gey ^a   Victor, Thomas C ^a   van Helden, Paul D ^a   Warren, Robin M ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evolution; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transposon

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; IS6110; LIPID METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34548256898     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2007.05.010     Document Type: Review

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